Gardner v. Rhodes
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Reid. City court of Atlanta. January 28, 1901. cited 93 Ga. 561; 106 Ga. 454; 2 Wood, Nuis. (3d ed.) § 832; 50 Am. Dec. 780, note; 5 Am. Neg. Rep. 702, s. c. 56 N. Y. Supp. 66; Civil Code, § 745; Elliott, Roads- and Streets (2d ed.), § 711; Angelí, Watercourses (7th ed.), 125 — 6-7; Civil Code, § 3858 ; 1 Wood, Nuis. (3d ed.) §§ 129,112, 116, 235, 249, 376; 2 Sbearm. & Redf. Neg. (4tb ed.) § 365; 2 Dill. Mun.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Reid. City court of Atlanta. January 28, 1901. cited 93 Ga. 561; 106 Ga. 454; 2 Wood, Nuis. (3d ed.) § 832; 50 Am. Dec. 780, note; 5 Am. Neg. Rep. 702, s. c. 56 N. Y. Supp. 66; Civil Code, § 745; Elliott, Roads- and Streets (2d ed.), § 711; Angelí, Watercourses (7th ed.), 125 — 6-7; Civil Code, § 3858 ; 1 Wood, Nuis. (3d ed.) §§ 129,112, 116, 235, 249, 376; 2 Sbearm. & Redf. Neg. (4tb ed.) § 365; 2 Dill. Mun. Corp. § 1032; 68 Ga. 431. cited 24 Wis. 280, s. c. 1 Am. Rep. 183; 87 Ind. 77; IN. Y. App. Div. 423, s. c. 37 N. Y. Supp. 281; Shearm. & Redf. Neg.…
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
Gardner sued Rhodes for damages. At the trial a nonsuit was granted, and this is the error assigned in the bill of exceptions. The substance of the allegations of the petition is as follows: The defendant is the owner of certain real estate in the city of Atlanta abutting on a sidewalk. On January 31, 1900, petitioner was injured by falling upon ice which had foriped on the sidewalk in front of the defendant’s property. The presence of this ice at this place was due to the following conditions: There is a ditch or drain located on the defendant’s property and running across the same to the…
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