1 Ga. App. 437 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1907
M. N. Clements brought suit for damages against the County of Telfair, in the city court of McRae. The petition alleged, that the damages resulted from injuries received by the petitioner’s horse, by reason of defects in a certain bridge; that petitioner was driving his horse and buggy across said bridge, when his horse stepped in a hole in the floor, and, being badly frightened, made frantic attempts to withdraw his leg from the hole, and, in doing so, his leg was badly bruised and sprained between the ankle and the knee. The petition set forth in detail the extent of the injuries received by the horse, and alleged, that by reason thereof, the horse had been permanently damaged and injured fully $100; and also, that by reason of said injuries the horse was unable to work, for six weeks; and that the treatment and hire of the horse during the period of disability were worth $35, and petitioner was further damaged in that sum. It was alleged, that the flooring of the bridge was in a neglected and dilapidated condition, many of the planks thereon rotten, the floor being full of holes from one end to the other; and that the bridge had been in a decayed and unsafe condition for several years before said injuries occurred to the horse; that this condition was well known to the defendant, and that the county authorities had had actual notice of its unsafe and dangerous condition. Petitioner alleged that he was without fault in driving the horse across the bridge, and could not, by the exercise