The CITY COUNCIL OF AUGUSTA v. Williams

Nathan Williams filed his petition against The City Council of Augusta, seeking the recovery of damages and alleging that the defendant, a municipal corporation, has by law imposed upon it, among other things, the duty of providing proper drainage of its streets, and in so doing provided a sewerage system on Gwinnett Street within the corporate limits, and, at or near the intersection of Gwinnett and Tenth Streets, constructed a manhole to take away excess water from Gwinnett Street; that for several months prior to September 6, 1948, The City Council of Augusta, in exercising a ministerial…