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ATLANTA GAS LIGHT CO. v. NEWMAN

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88 Ga. App. 252 (1953)

76 S.E.2d 536

ATLANTA GAS LIGHT COMPANY v. NEWMAN.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied May 26, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fulcher, Fulcher & Hagler, Moise, Post & Gardner, for plaintiff in error.

Heard Robertson, Eugene T. Gilbert Jr., contra.

FELTON, J.

1. The petition, properly construed, alleged a breach of a contract to furnish gas to the plaintiff. We recognize that in some contracts duties arise between the parties the violation of which would constitute a tort. However, such duties do not arise in every contract. Manley v. Exposition Cotton Mills, 47 Ga.App. 496 (1) (170 S. E. 711); Milledgeville Water Co. v. Fowler, 129 Ga...

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