City of Atlanta v. Frank

Bell, Presiding Judge.

1. The Supreme Court has said that Code Ann. § 69-308 requiring the ante litem notice “does not contemplate that the notice shall be drawn with all the technical niceties necessary in framing a declaration. The purpose of the law was simply to give to the municipality notice that the citizen or property owner has a grievance against it. It is necessary only that the city shall be put on notice of the general character of the complaint, and, in a general way, of the time, place, and extent of the injury. The Act recognizes, by the use of the words 'as near as…