Ridgeway v. Downing Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Atkinson. City court of Brunswick. March 3, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtFish, J.
It appears from the record in this case, that the Downing Company, a corporation, owned a vacant lot near the water front in the city of Brunswick. Pedestrians and vehicles, *592in going to and from a certain boat-landing or dock, bad for several years passed over this lot, and in this way, made a well-defined roadway or thoroughfare across it. The Downing Company employed Leonard, a contractor, to erect for it a building upon this lot, according to certain specifications, including excavations or trenches for the piling for the foundation of the building. Leonard dug a trench for piling…
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