Davis v. Horne
Supreme Court of Georgia
County matters. Roads and bridges. Damages. Before Judge Simmons. Houston Superior Court. November Adjourned Term, 1878. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This case came before the court below on a certiorari, from the county court of Houston county. On the hearing of the same the court sustained the certiorari and awarded a judgment against the defendants for the sum of $50.00 and costs; whereupon the defendants excepted.
It appears from the evidence in the record that Jordan Horne sued the county of Houston to recover damages on account of his horse having fallen through a defective bridge in said county. It was admitted that the bridge had been built by a contractor; that the county authorities had taken from him the…
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