Elbert County v. Brown
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Elberton — Judge Grogan. February 23, 1914.
1Opinion of the CourtRussell, C. J.
Brown sued Elbert County for the value of certain rock alleged to have- been taken by the county and applied to its use in repairing public roads of the county. He sued for $175 and recovered $75. The county excepts to the overruling of an oral motion to strike the ninth paragraph of the plaintiff’s petition, to the refusal to grant a nonsuit, and to the overruling of its motion for a new trial. On the trial the plaintiff proved that he had gathered a large quantity of stone for building purposes from the land of one Maddox, and had hauled the stone a mile to his land preparatory to using it…
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