Alexander v. Allen

Bell, Judge.

The record shows that at the trial a stipulation by counsel for both parties was made as to a correct copy of an ordinance of the City of Athens which established that the plaintiff parked his car in such a way as to be a violation of a city ordinance. This formulated the basis for negligence per se on the part of the plaintiff. However, after the rendition of the verdict, the plaintiff discovered a more recent ordinance which, if it had been known and used at the trial, would have established that the plaintiff was properly and legally parked at the time of the accident.…