49 Ga. App. 145 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1934
1. A municipal corporation may by reasonable ordinance limit the right of an abutting owner in obstructing the sidewalk in the exercise of his legitimate business. “As against a member of the public, injured as a proximate result thereof, a violation of such an ordinance is per se negligent.” William Bensel Construction Co. v. Homer, 2 Ga. App. 369 (58 S. E. 489); Brooks v. Atlanta, 1 Ga. App. 678 (57 S. E. 1081); City of Thomasville v. Campbell, 38 Ga. App. 249 (143 S. E. 922).
2. Questions as to diligence and negligence) including contributory negligence and what constitutes the proximate cause of an injury complained of, are peculiarly questions for the jury, and this court will not
Reversed.