Mayor of Rome v. Dodd
Supreme Court of Georgia
Municipal Corporations. Roads and Bridges. Before Judge Buchanan. Eloyd Superior Court. January Term, 1875. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant to recover damages for injuries received in falling through a hole in abridge across a ditch, in one of the defendant’s streets, which the plaintiff alleged had been negligently and carelessly suffered to remain there, after full knowledge of its dangerous condition. On the trial of the case, the jury, under the charge of the court, found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $1,841.00. The defendant made a motion for new trial, on the ground that the verdict was contrary to law, contrary to…
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