Enright v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Practice in Supreme Court. Streets and Sidewalks. Damages. Charge of Court. Evidence. Practice in Superior Court. Notice. Before Judge Van Epps. City-Court of Atlanta. March Term, 1886. Patrick H. Enright brought suit against the City of Atlanta to recover damages for injuries sustained by falling into a hole or excavation in a sidewalk in one of its streets.
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Practice in Supreme Court. Streets and Sidewalks. Damages. Charge of Court. Evidence. Practice in Superior Court. Notice. Before Judge Van Epps. City-Court of Atlanta. March Term, 1886. Patrick H. Enright brought suit against the City of Atlanta to recover damages for injuries sustained by falling into a hole or excavation in a sidewalk in one of its streets. The evidence for the plaintiff tended to show that he was walking along the street at night with and slightly in advance of some comrades; that he came to what appeared to be a rough place in the sidewalk and crossed to where the…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
This action is brought by Patrick Enright to recover damages from the city for injuries by falling into a hole on *294the sidewalk of Fort street. The jury, under charge of the court, found for the defendant, and the plaintiff, being denied a new trial, excepted and brings the case to this court, assigning for error the grounds of the motion for a new trial.
1. Some of the grounds of the motion cannot be considered because the error is not specified. Where an .exception to a part of the charge embraces more than one issue of law, the plaintiff in error must specify therein…
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