Atkinson v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Municipal corporations. Nuisance. Statute of limitations. Constitutional!aw. Before Judge Van Epps, City court of Atlanta. March term, 1888. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
Mrs. Atkinson, the plaintiff' in error, brought her action against, the city of Atlanta for damages, which she alleged she had sustained from the grading of certain streets and the construction of certain sewers by the city, by reason of which a large body of water was emptied upon her lots, and her property thereby injured and damaged. By an amendment to the declaration, she alleged that this was a continuing nuisance, and she proposed to recover such damages as had accrued , within four years next before the bringing of the suit. It was admitted that the work was done by…
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