Shaw v. Mayor of Macon
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action, for damages, from city court of Macon — Judge Hodges. December 17, 1908.
1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.
Shaw sued the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon to recover damages for personal injuries. A demurrer was filed by the city, which the court' sustained, and this judgment is the error assigned. The allegations of the petition, briefly stated, make the following case: On the day of plaintiff’s injury, he was riding a bicycle on Main street. When he was opposite the warehouse or place of business of A. T. Small, he found that two thirds of the entire width of the street was blocked by farm wagons and by bales of cotton placed there by Small, leaving only a narrow driveway barely sufficient…
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