Rogers v. Georgia Power Co., 43599

• Decision Date: 17 October 1968
• Docket Number: No. 2,No. 43599,43599,2
• Citation: 118 Ga.App. 527,164 S.E.2d 268
• Parties: Larry ROGERS, by Next Friend v. GEORGIA POWER COMPANY
• Court: Georgia Court of Appeals

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164 S.E.2d 268

118 Ga.App. 527

Larry ROGERS, by Next Friend v. GEORGIA POWER COMPANY.

No. 43599.

Court of Appeals of Georgia, Division No. 2.

Oct. 17, 1968.

J. S. Hutto, Brunswick, for appellant.

Conyers, Fendig, Dickey & Harris, Chris B. Conyers, Brunswick, Jones, Cork, Miller & Benton, Wallace Miller, Jr., Macon, for appellee.

Syllabus Opinion by the Court

BELL, Presiding Judge.

While climbing a tree located on a public right of way, plaintiff, a 16-year old boy, came in contact with defendant's high-voltage electric transmission line which ran through the tree. In this suit to recover for the injuries thus sustained the trial court granted summary judgment for defendant. The cases of Bridges v. Georgia Power Co., 39 Ga.App. 400, 147 S.E. 589 and Smith v. Georgia Power Co., 43 Ga.App. 210, 158 S.E. 371, control the case adversely to plaintiff. See also: Brown v. Panola Light and Power Co., 137 Ga. 352, 73 S.E. 580; Mobley v. City of Monroe, 37 Ga.App. 364, 140 S.E. 516; Callaway v. Central Ga. Power Co., 43 Ga.App. 820, 160 S.E. 703; Crosby v. Savannah Electric etc., Co., 114 Ga.App. 193, 150 S.E.2d 563. The summary judgment for defendant is therefore

Affirmed.

J. KELLEY QUILLIAN, J., concurs.

HALL, J., concurs in the judgment.