Mayor of Milledgeville v. Wood
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Hart. Baldwin superior court. April 1, 1901.
1Opinion of the CourtFish, J.
This was an action against a municipal corporation, brought by the plaintiff to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by him in consequence of physical injuries received by his minor son, alleged to have been due to the defective and unsafe condition of a portion of one of the streets of the city. There was a verdict for the plaintiff, and the defendant excepted to the overruling of its motion for a new trial.
1. One of the grounds of the motion is that the court erred in charging the jury as follows : “ It is the allegation of the plaintiff in this case that the city failed to do its…
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