94 Ga. 711 | Ga. | 1894
Chapman and Lowe brought separate suits against the city for personal injuries received while driving together in a buggy along a public street at night, by reason of the horse falling in a ditch which the city had •dug across the street for sewerage purposes; of which they were not aware, and which the city had left open without any railing or other protection around it, and with no light or other signal or warning of the danger of the ditch. Chapman alleged that his knee was badly bruised and sprained, and he was bruised on his back and stomach, causing him much pain and suffering; that said injury totally disabled him for fourteen days, and he was still unable to attend to his every day business on account of the injuries; that he was a dentist, and prior to the injury earned about twenty dollars a day in the practice of his profession; and that his physician’s bill on account of the injuries was about $100. Lowe claimed that his knee and foot were seriously in
