Tift v. Towns
Supreme Court of Georgia
■Roads and bridges. Diligence. Before Judge Strozer. Dougherty Superior Court. April Term, 1874. For the facts of this case, see the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendent, as the proprietor of a toll-bridge across Flint river, in the county of Dougherty, to recover damages sustained in consequence of the plaintiff’s wagon and team falling through said bridge in crossing the same. On the trial of the case, the jury, under the charge of the court, found a verdict for the plaintiff for $860 17. .A motion was made for a new trial on the several grounds set forth therein, which was overruled by the court, and the defendant excepted. The two grounds of error which were mainly…
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