Norris v. State Highway Department

W. S. Norris brought suit against Meriwether county and the State highway department, in the superior court of Meriwether county, to recover for damage to the plaintiff’s land resulting from the improper construction of certain culverts on State route No. 41, in that the water of a certain creek was caused to pond upon the plaintiff’s land and to destroy its usefulness for the purpose of agriculture. The petition was drawn upon the theory that the highway, including the culvert in question, was constructed jointly'by the county and the State highway department, and that they were liable as…