State Supreme Court / Ga.

Thompson v. Eastern Air Lines Inc.

Decided January 9, 1946. W Henry Duckworth wrote the opinion for the court.

39 S.E.2d 225 · Cited 61 times

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Precedents cited

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.

Edelman v. Boeing Air Transport, Inc. · 289 U.S. 249
State of Georgia v. Camp · 6 S.E.2d 299
Carroll v. Ragsdale · 15 S.E.2d 210
New Amsterdam Casualty Co. v. McFarley · 12 S.E.2d 355
Suttles v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance · 19 S.E.2d 396
Elder v. Home Building & Loan Ass'n · 188 Ga. 113
Sparling v. Refunding Board · 71 S.W.2d 182
Wilson v. Pollard · 8 S.E.2d 380
Central Vermont Railway, Inc. v. Campbell · 192 A. 197
Forrester v. Interstate Hosiery Mills Inc. · 23 S.E.2d 78
Bingaman v. Golden Eagle Western Lines, Inc. · 297 U.S. 626

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Sharpe v. Lowe · 106 S.E.2d 28
Landers v. Medford · 133 S.E.2d 403
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Dodd v. Newton · 178 S.E.2d 567
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FIRST UNION NAT. BANK OF GA v. Collins · 471 S.E.2d 892
Jones v. Fortson · 152 S.E.2d 847
Hawes v. Ingalls Iron Works Co. · 159 S.E.2d 434
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