Case Name: Gorman vs. Trice
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1888-02-13
Citations: 79 Ga. 731
Docket Number: 
Parties: Gorman vs. Trice.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 79
Pages: 731–732

Head Matter:
Gorman vs. Trice.
Where, in a suit for damages for causing water to overflow land, it appeared that the owner of a mill-dam paid to the owner of the land $100 for the privilege of raising the dam ten inches, but instead of doing so, he raised it twenty-three inches, damaging the land to the extent of $100, a verdict for the plaintiff was demanded by the evidence.
February 13, 1888.
Yerdicfc. Damages. Mill-Dams. Water-Courses. Before Judge Willis. Talbot Superior Court. March Term, 1887.
Reported in the decision.
M. Bethune; J. H. Worrill, for plaintiff in error.
J. J. Bull ; C. J. Thornton, for defendant.

Opinion:
Blandford Justice.
Trice brought his action against Gorman for the overflowing of his land by the erection of a mill dam, and obtained a verdict. Gorman moved for a new trial, which the court refused; whereupon he excepted.
The facts of the case show that Gorman had paid Trice $100 for the privilege of raising his mill-dam ten inches. Instead of raising it ten inches', he raised it twenty-three inches; by reason ot' which the plaintiff's land was damaged ; and he was awarded by the verdict $100 for the damages thereby sustained. We think the verdict was demanded by the evidence; and the judgment is affirmed.