City of Columbus v. Ogletree
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Butt. Muscogee superior court. May term, 1896.
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
Ogletree brought his action against the City of Columbus, for damages alleged to have been sustained from falling into a hole in the sidewalk upon a public thoroughfare in the city, it being alleged that the hole had been carelessly and negligently left open by the city. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, and the defendant excepted to the overruling of its motion for a new trial.
1. The defendant filed a plea alleging that the place at which the plaintiff claimed to have been injured was within the territory which was annexed to the City of Columbus under the provisions of an act…
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