Sheppard v. Georgia Railway & Power Co.

This was an action by the owners of realty abutting upon Boland Avenue in the City of Clarkston in the county of DeKalb, against the street-railway company, for damage alleged to have been sustained by reason of the increase of the elevation of the street by the company in the construction of its railway-track. Plaintiffs alleged that the change in the grade of the street interfered with and stopped the natural drainage and flow of surface-water over the plaintiffs’ land, causing the water to back over a large area to a depth of twelve inches “after each large rain,” that “the. backing and…