City of Atlanta v. Milam
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Van Epps. City court of Atlanta. July term, 1894. On tbe sidewalk of Alabama street near its intersection with Broad street was an iron grating adjoining a building, for the admission of light and air into the basement. The grating was slightly above the level of the sidewalk, which was inclined downward from Broad street.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Van Epps. City court of Atlanta. July term, 1894. On tbe sidewalk of Alabama street near its intersection with Broad street was an iron grating adjoining a building, for the admission of light and air into the basement. The grating was slightly above the level of the sidewalk, which was inclined downward from Broad street. At one end of the grating was a thick piece of sheet-iron wedged between the grating and the flagstone, standing upon edge, being about three inches high at the wall of the building and sloping downward to a width of about a half-inch at the…
1Opinion of the Court
Lumpkin, Justice.
The facts are stated by the reporter. The law of this case is not very complicated. While, of course, in most American cities, water-plugs, telegraph and telephone poles, trees and other things are allowed upon *137the margins of sidewalks, and pedestrians therefore are not expected to use such portions of the same as are occupied by these obstructions, still there can be no doubt, under the rules of law now settled by repeated adjudications in this and other jurisdictions, that the city authorities must keep in a reasonably safe condition all parts of its sidewalks which are…
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