Case ID: ga_117/html/0181-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Cobb, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Atlanta Railway and Power Company v. Maddox.
    Argued January 14,
    Decided February 11, 1903.
    Action for damages. Before Judge Reid. City court of Atlanta. January 25, 1902.
    
      Payne & Tye, for plaintiff in error.
    
      Westmoreland Brothers, contra.
   Cobb, J.

1. The petition alleging that there was a collision between the plaintiff’s vehicle and a car of the defendant, which threw him upon the ground, injured his back, left leg, and hip, caused concussion of the spine, and inflicted other bruises and injuries upon his body, it was permissible to introduce evidence showing injury to plaintiff’s urinary organs. Central Railroad Company v. Mitchell, 63 Ga. 173 (3).

2. The evidence authorized the verdict, and there was no error requiring the granting of a new trial. J udgment affirmed.

By five Justices.