City of Atlanta v. Dooly
Supreme Court of Georgia
Torts. Municipal Coiporations. Damages. Non-suits. Partnership. Before Judge Hammond. Fulton Superior Court. September Term, 1884. Kries & Dooly, as partners in the business of bill-posting, sued the city of Atlanta for $2,500.00, for the destruction of a bill-board and the loss profits in displaying advertisements of theaters, shows, circuses and patent medicines.
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Torts. Municipal Coiporations. Damages. Non-suits. Partnership. Before Judge Hammond. Fulton Superior Court. September Term, 1884. Kries & Dooly, as partners in the business of bill-posting, sued the city of Atlanta for $2,500.00, for the destruction of a bill-board and the loss profits in displaying advertisements of theaters, shows, circuses and patent medicines. Kries died before the trial, and an order was taken allowing the case to proceed in the name of M. J. Dooly as surviving partner. Defendant having demurred to the declaration, plaintiff amended, averring that the city tore down the…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
This was an action against the city of Atlanta to recover • damages for tearing down and destroying, without lawful cause or authority, a certain bill-hoard, the property of plaintiffs, who were partners in the business, and were duly licensed bill-posters under the ordinances of said city.
Pending the suit, one of the plaintiffs died, and an order was taken allowing it to proceed in the name of the survivor. The trial resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for three hundred dollars, and thereupon the defendant moved for a new trial, upon various grounds, which was…
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