Mayor &C. of Savannah v. Palefsky

The defendant in the court below contends that no cause of action is stated against it because, by an act of 1895, the General Assembly vested exclusive jurisdiction over trees, parks, grass plats, etc., within the City of Savannah in the Park and Tree Commission, an independent agency. This act does not relieve the city of the duty to keep its sidewalks in a reasonably safe condition. Mayor &c. of Savannah v. Harvey, 87 Ga. App. 122 (73 S. E. 2d 260). In that case it was alleged that the city was negligent in not removing rotten limbs from a tree which was growing in the unpaved area between…