Boney v. City of Dublin
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Kent. Laureus superior court. July 30, 1915.
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
This is a case of injury to a pedestrian, resulting from a fall caused by slipping when stepping on a banana peel which was on a much-used sidewalk in the City of Dublin. It is not a case of defect in the sidewalk arising out of improper construction or failure to repair, but of mere omission to remove an object from the sidewalk which was not shown to have been placed there by the municipality or by its permission. The basis of liability relied on by the plaintiff is negligence on the part of the defendant, and non-performance of its ministerial duty relatively to keeping its sidewalks in a…
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