61 Ga. 48 | Ga. | 1878
This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant to recover damages for its alleged negligence in allowing one Goldsby, the owner of a lot on Broad street in the city of Augusta, to keep open a cellar door, whereby the plaintiff, in walking along the sidewalk on said street, fell into said cellar and was injured. On the trial of the case, the jury found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $500.00. A motion for a new trial was made on the grounds therein stated, which was overruled, and the defendant excepted.
Let the judgment of the court below be reversed.