City of Atlanta v. Garner

1. “Municipal corporations shall not be liable for failure to perforin, or for errors in performing, their legislative or judicial powers. Eor neglect to perform, or for improper or unskillful performance of their ministerial duties, they shall be liable.” Code, § 69-301. This section has been construed as intending to declare that municipal liability should attach only for neglect to perform, or for improper or unskillful performance, of ministerial duties, leaving intact “the common-law doctrine, frequently applied in this State before and since the adoption of the Code, of non-liability…