Legal Opinion

Elliott v. Tifton Mill & Gin Co.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 18, 1913No. 4580PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Action for damages; from city court 'of Tifton—Judge E. Eve. November 19, 1912.

1Opinion of the CourtPottle, J.

This is an action by a widow for the homicide of her husband by the alleged wrongful acts of the defendant. The case as laid in the petition is as follows: The deceased was employed as a ginner at the gin-house- of the defendant. As a part of his *499duty it.became necessary for Mm to1 go from the rooms in which the. gins. were -located to the basement where the machinery that operated the- gins was -placed, for the purpose of -fixing what is known as the saw-fan belts, on account of the defects in which the gin under the management of the deceased could not properly be operatedi While engaged in…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Bush v. West Yellow Pine Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
  2. Cheeney v. Ocean Steamship Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1893
  3. Brown v. Rome Machine & Foundry Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
  4. Lewis v. New York & New England RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
  5. Shue v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1909

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. J. P. (Pat) Webb v. Standard Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  2. J. P. (Pat) Webb v. Standard Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  3. Holton v. Hebard Cypress Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1913
  4. Rork v. KleinSupreme Court of Iowa · 1928
  5. Williams v. Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1924

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