Legal Opinion
City Council of Augusta v. Cleveland
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 13, 1919No. 852PublishedCited by 48 opinions
Questions certified by Court of Appeals (Case-No. 899.6).
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, P. J.
The Court of Appeals has certified the following questions upon which it desires instruction :
"1. Is the duty of a city to maintain its sewerage-drainage system in a good working and sanitary condition, so as to prevent it from becoming or causing a nuisance, a governmental or a ministerial function ?
“ (a) Is such maintenance connected with or has it reference lo the preservation of the public health?
“(b) Is the fact that such maintenance is connected with or has reference to the preservation of the public health so well known that this court can take judicial cognizance of it?
“ (c) Can this…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Langley v. City CouncilSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Love v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
- Cornelisen v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1917
- Watson v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
- Kea v. City of DublinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1916
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Mayor &C. of Savannah v. PalmerioSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
- City of Austin v. DanielsTexas Supreme Court · 1960
- Delta Air Corporation v. KerseySupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
- Mayor of Savannah v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919
- Crow v. City of San AntonioTexas Supreme Court · 1957
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