City of Atlanta v. Hawkins
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the CourtSutton, J.
Mrs. Maude Hawkins brought suit against the City of-Atlanta for personal injuries alleged to have been received by her in stepping into a water-meter of the city on the eastern side of North Boulevard, immediately north of Greenwood Avenue, the same being just east of the eastern curb-line of North Boulevard. .She set up that the water-meter was defective, and that when she stepped upon the cap or lid thereof the meter careened and gave way, permitting her left leg to go into the opening thereunder up to the point of her knee, and that she was thereby injured in the manner alleged. She set up…
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