Nalley v. Carroll County
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Freeman, Carroll superior court. October 8, 1909.
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
The plaintiff in error brought suit for damages against the County of Carroll and W. W. Nichols. The petition, filed March 14, 1908, as amended, made substantially the following allegations: A certain creek crossed by a public road of the county runs through the plaintiff’s land situated near the road. Nichols, “with the consent and direction and with the authority of” the ordinary of the county, built in 1903 “a partial dam” with rocks “in the road-bed across the said stream to a depth of about 4 or 5 feet and from 7 to 10 feet in width,” thereby causing the water in the creek to overflow 50…
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