City of Atlanta v. Ransom

Hall, Judge.

The defendant city appeals from the judgment of the trial court overruling its motion for summary judgment in the plaintiff’s suit for alleged negligence of the city in maintenance of a public sidewalk. The petition alleged: The plaintiff was injured on a sidewalk constructed and maintained by and under the control of the city, when he stepped and fell at a place where there was a dangerous difference in the height of two concrete slabs of the sidewalk where they joined together. The plaintiff’s injuries and damages were caused by the city’s negligence in failing to keep and…