Faith v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Municipal Corporations. Actions. Streets and Sidewalks. Jury and Jurors. Before Judge Van Epps. City Court of Atlanta. September Term, 1886. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
The City of Atlanta brought suit against Faith to recover from him the amount of damages they were compelled to pay in a suit brought against them by one Matilda Dorsey, for injuries sustained by her in consequence of excavations made by him in one of the public streets of the city, adjacent to a building belonging to him, and negligently and carelessly left open by him. He had notice of this suit against the city, and appeared and testified therein at the instance of the' city. The verdict in the present action was in favor of the city for the amount of damages Matilda Dorsey…
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