Davis v. Whitcomb

Decided June 25, 1923. Reason Chesnutt Bell wrote the opinion for the court.

30 Ga. App. 497 · Cited 62 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Spencer · 24 Ga. App. 471
• Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. Wallis · 29 Ga. App. 706
• Schofield v. Hatfield · 25 Ga. App. 513
• Savannah Electric Co. v. Joseph · 25 Ga. App. 518
• Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad v. Neely · 27 Ga. App. 491
• Wilson v. Small · 28 Ga. App. 587
• Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Blackwell · 244 U.S. 310
• Whitcomb v. Payne · 27 Ga. App. 722

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• Southern Railway Co. v. Slaton · 41 Ga. App. 759
• Pickering v. Wagnon · 86 S.E.2d 621
• Elberton & Eastern Railroad v. Thornton · 32 Ga. App. 259
• Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Reed · 35 Ga. App. 538
• Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Barnett · 35 Ga. App. 528
• Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Bennett · 47 Ga. App. 629
• Williams v. Grier · 26 S.E.2d 698
• Georgia Power Company v. Blum · 57 S.E.2d 18
• Mann v. Central of Georgia Railway Co. · 43 Ga. App. 708
• Taylor v. Morgan · 54 Ga. App. 426
• Seaboard Air-Line Railway Co. v. Benton · 43 Ga. App. 495
• Hieber v. Watt · 165 S.E.2d 899
• Roebuck v. Payne · 136 S.E.2d 399
• Dowis v. McCurdy · 136 S.E.2d 389
• Reed v. Southern Railway Co. · 37 Ga. App. 550
• Sarman v. Seaboard Air-Line Railway Co. · 33 Ga. App. 315
• Coleman v. Western & Atlantic Railroad · 48 Ga. App. 343
• Pollard v. Heard · 53 Ga. App. 623
• Washington v. Kemp · 102 S.E.2d 910
• Georgia Power Co. v. Gillespie · 48 Ga. App. 688
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Studdard · 34 Ga. App. 570
• Georgia Railroad v. Stanley · 38 Ga. App. 773
• Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Reed · 33 Ga. App. 396
• Collier v. Pollard · 60 Ga. App. 105
• Pfeifer v. Yellow Cab Co. of Atlanta · 76 S.E.2d 225

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