Gaskins v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Municipal Corporations. Damages. Negligence. Actions. Before Judge Dorsey. City Court of Atlanta. December Term, 1883. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
The plaintiff by his declaration averred that in the nigh't-time, in the city of Atlanta, when it was dark and the gas-lamps had not been lighted by the city, he attempted to cross Whitehall street; as the street cars were approaching with much noise, he was run over by a liorse hitched to a wagon, which horse was without a driver; that by reason of tbe noise of the street car, he did not hear the horse and wagon, and by reason of the lamps- not being lighted, be could not see the horse and wagon, and that he was greatly injured and damaged. The defendant demurred to plain*747ti…
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