Lewis v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Husband and Wife. Damages. Streets and Sidewalks. Municipal Corporations. Before Judge Marshall J. Clarke. Fulton Superior Court. March Term, 1886. Margaret Lewis sued the city of Atlanta and alleged that she was injured while passing along Peachtree stieet; that her injuries were because of obstructions left in the street by parties who were paving it, and because the obstructions were not lighted, nor were the street • lamps lighted. The evidence need not be stated.
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Husband and Wife. Damages. Streets and Sidewalks. Municipal Corporations. Before Judge Marshall J. Clarke. Fulton Superior Court. March Term, 1886. Margaret Lewis sued the city of Atlanta and alleged that she was injured while passing along Peachtree stieet; that her injuries were because of obstructions left in the street by parties who were paving it, and because the obstructions were not lighted, nor were the street • lamps lighted. The evidence need not be stated. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for one hundred dollars. She moved for a new trial on the following grounds: (1.)…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
1. There is but one ground of error alleged in this record on which the plaintiff, in the argument of her counsel here, confidently relies for a reversal of the judgment, and that is contained in the second ground of the motion for a new ■trial, and is as follows: Because the court charged that if the plaintiff was a married woman at the time of the injury, she could not recover for expenses incurred by her in consequence of the injury, unless actually paid by her, because she would nbt be legally liable therefor.
The husband was not joined with the wife in this action, which was…
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