City of Rome v. Rhodes

1. The owner of a lot and a two-story hrick storehouse thereon in an incorporated city sustained damages thereto resulting from the raising by the city of the grade of the streets and sidewalks, causing a depreciation in the value of the storehouse and making it necessary, for it to be available and of the same value it was prior to the change in grade, that the lower and upper floors, roof, and walls be raised. Subsequently a fire so damaged the building as to render it of but little, if any, value, except the walls. The owner received from an inurance company on account of such fire an…