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OWENS v. GEORGIA POWER COMPANY

26940.

229 Ga. 281 (1972)

190 S.E.2d 897

OWENS v. GEORGIA POWER COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 19, 1972.

Rehearing Denied June 28, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shi & Raley, Trammell F. Shi, F. Robert Raley, for appellant.

Jones, Cork, Miller & Benton, Wallace Miller, Jr., for appellee.

GRICE, Presiding Justice.

This case arose when Charlie Owens, by his mother Mrs. Ruth Brooks as next friend, filed a complaint in the Superior Court of Bibb County against the Georgia Power Company seeking damages for severe injuries received from an electrical current while he was in the backyard of his home immediately adjacent to the right of way and power lines of the power company. The defendant's answer denied the essential...

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