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DUKES v. BURKE

52486, 52487.

139 Ga. App. 583 (1976)

228 S.E.2d 729

DUKES v. BURKE et al.; and vice versa.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided September 16, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Hutcheson, for appellant.

W. Ward Newton, R. H. Reeves, III, for appellees.

McMURRAY, Judge.

On October 16, 1973, Johnson, d/b/a Hendley Transfer Co., received a load of cotton from Millen Fertilizer & Gin Company for transport from Millen to Augusta, Georgia. While parked on Hendley's premises during the night it was discovered that the cotton was on fire. The fire was suppressed by the Millen Fire Department but only after damage to several bales of cotton.

The cotton which had...

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