Perkerson v. Mayor of Greenville

This is a suit against a municipality for diminution in the market value of a house and lot on account of the grading of an adjoining street as a "State-aid road” by the State Highway Department and Meriwether county, and the consequent lowering in the grade of another street also adjoining the plaintiff’s property and leading into the State highway. The original petition was based on the theory that the city, in ordering, directing, and consenting to the grading of these streets, was liable as a joint tort-feasor. By amendment it was alleged that the work was done by the county under the…