Bailey v. Atlanta Gas-Light Co.

E. T. Bailey brought an action for damages against the Atlanta Gas-Light Company. The jury found for the defendant, and Bailey’s only exception is to the judgment overruling his motion for a new trial. The petition substantially alleges that the defendant damaged the plaintiff in the sum of $10,-000, by installing on the back porch of his home a defective gas meter from which natural gas leaked and entered the adjoining bedroom of the plaintiff through an open window between the porch and the bedroom and so affected his nose, throat, tongue, 'eyes, and bronchial tubes that his throat was…