City of Atlanta v. Word
Supreme Court of Georgia
Husband and Wife. Municipal Corporations. Streets and Sidewalks. Sewers. Negligence. Constitutional Law. Damages. Estoppel. Before Judge Van Epps. City Court of Atlanta. June Term, 1886. On May 12, 1885, Mrs. H. S. A. Word brought an action for damages against the city of Atlanta, alleging, in brief, as follows: She is the owner of a house and lot on Whitehall street in Atlanta. It was the duty of the city to provide sufficient sewerage to carry off rain-water.
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Husband and Wife. Municipal Corporations. Streets and Sidewalks. Sewers. Negligence. Constitutional Law. Damages. Estoppel. Before Judge Van Epps. City Court of Atlanta. June Term, 1886. On May 12, 1885, Mrs. H. S. A. Word brought an action for damages against the city of Atlanta, alleging, in brief, as follows: She is the owner of a house and lot on Whitehall street in Atlanta. It was the duty of the city to provide sufficient sewerage to carry off rain-water. Not regarding this, it elevated the grade of the street until it was necessary for the lot to be filled with earth, thereby leaving…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
This is an action to recover damage from the city of Atlanta for improper, negligently constructed and inadequate sewerage upon Whitehall street after its elevation by grading the same. This negligence, it is alleged, and was insisted upon before the jury, caused the water from heavy rains to overflow plaintiff’s lot and house and greatly to damage the latter in the walls by loosening the cement, in the papering by ruining it, in the flooring by rotting it, and in this way compelling her to expend money and to apprehend more expense from heavy rains from time to *280time.…
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