City of Atlanta v. Champe
Supreme Court of Georgia
Municipal corporations. Streets. Roads and bridges. Charge of court. Before Judge Clark. City Court of Atlanta. June Term, 1880. Champe and wife brought case against the city of Atlanta, alleging that on March 20th, 1878, Mrs. Champe stepped into a hole in abridge on Walker street, and bruised her left leg violently, and tore the flesh and wrenched her ankle, causing pain, loss of time, nurse hire and physicians’ bills, to her damage $3,000.00. Before trial plaintiffs…
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Municipal corporations. Streets. Roads and bridges. Charge of court. Before Judge Clark. City Court of Atlanta. June Term, 1880. Champe and wife brought case against the city of Atlanta, alleging that on March 20th, 1878, Mrs. Champe stepped into a hole in abridge on Walker street, and bruised her left leg violently, and tore the flesh and wrenched her ankle, causing pain, loss of time, nurse hire and physicians’ bills, to her damage $3,000.00. Before trial plaintiffs amended, alleging that said injury caused disease of the womb, which was a permanent injury, and claimed $10,-000.00.…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
The suit was brought to recover damages for injuries sustained by a fall through a hole in abridge over a drain which, crossing Fair street in Atlanta, or part of that street, connects the sidewalk of Walker street on each side of F'air. This bridge was probably not constructed to link together the two parts of the sidewalk of Walker street at the break caused by Fair street crossing Walker at this point, but seems to have been used by foot trav *662elers for that purpose; There were no stepping-stones or other convenient crossing prepared by the city; and such being the…
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