Mayor of Griffin v. Johnson

Simmons, Justice.

Johnson sued the Mayor and Council of Griffin for damages, for injuries sustained by him in falling through a hole in a bridge on a public sidewalk of said city, by which fall he was seriously and permanently injured. On the trial of the case, under the charge of the court, the jury returned a verdict‘of $1,500 for the plaintiff. Defendant made a motion for a new trial upon the several grounds recited therein, which was overruled by the court, and defendant excepted.

1. The 1st, 2d and 8d grounds in the motion are that •the verdict is contrary to law, to the evidence, and is…