Wilson v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
New trial. Municipal corporations. Roads and bridges. Negligence. Damages. Before Judge Hillyer. Eulton Superior Court. October Term, 1877. Wilson brought case against the city of Atlanta, alleging substantially the following facts: On June 13, 1875, he, with his three children, was riding along Harris street, in Atlanta, when one of his horses became frightened at the whistle of an engine near by, and sprang so suddenly forward as to break the swingletree.
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New trial. Municipal corporations. Roads and bridges. Negligence. Damages. Before Judge Hillyer. Eulton Superior Court. October Term, 1877. Wilson brought case against the city of Atlanta, alleging substantially the following facts: On June 13, 1875, he, with his three children, was riding along Harris street, in Atlanta, when one of his horses became frightened at the whistle of an engine near by, and sprang so suddenly forward as to break the swingletree. This increased the fright of the horses, and they ran away, without fault on plaintiff’s part. Harris street was some fifty or sixty feet…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Judge.
This was an action on the case for damages for injuries to the person of the plaintiff grounded on an alleged unlawful and negligent grading of the streets of Atlanta. The case was before us on demurrer to the declaration, and it was then held that the declaration was good, because the declaration alleged that the city was negligent in constructing the embankment where plaintiff’s horses ran away with the buggy and hurt him, in not providing it with necessary railings or other means of protection, and in not keeping the street in safe condition, and that such negligence was the…
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- City of Atlanta v. WilsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1877
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