City of Albany v. Brown
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Albany — Judge Clayton Jones. May 15, 1915. The action was against the City of Albany and the Albany Transit Company.
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Action for damages; from city court of Albany — Judge Clayton Jones. May 15, 1915. The action was against the City of Albany and the Albany Transit Company. The petition as amended alleged, in substance, that on January 14,1914, about the hour of 6:15 p. m., petitioner’s automobile was being driven by his chauffeur south along the west side of a public street of the City of Albany, known as Monroe street, at a point near an alley which runs east and west between North and Mint streets. At that point the city had dug large holes in the street for the purpose of putting in manholes or…
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, J.
1. The allegations of the petition as amended clearly show the proximate cause of the damage to the plaintiff’s automobile to have been the negligence of the motorman of the street-railway company in continuing to run his car at a rapid rate of speed after he saw the perilous position of the automobile upon the street-ear tracks, when it was about ninety feet distant from the street-ear, and in making no effort to put on his brakes or otherwise to stop the street-car, and in running upon and striking the automobile. The alleged negligence of the City of Albany in leaving in the street, near…
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