Seymour v. City of Elberton

This case is. here on exceptions to the sustaining of a general demurrer to the petition of the plaintiff. The substance of the petition we quote: “That many years ago the defendant excavated upon and as a part of the sidewalk on the east side of South Thomas Street in the City of Elberton, approximately opposite the lines separating the lots on said South Thomas Street; known as numbers 125 and 131, and approximately three hundred (300) feet south of the intersection of Thomas and Church Streets, an opening in the ground approximately 18 inches deep, 20 inches long, and 12 inches wide, and…