Patten v. Mauldin

Grice, Justice.

We review here the sufficiency of a property owner’s petition seeking damages for destruction of a bridge. G. A. Mauldin filed suit in the Civil Court of Fulton County, against Bob Patten, doing business as Bob Patten Construction Company, alleging that one of Patten’s employees had negligently destroyed a bridge crossing a river, that the bridge had not been replaced and that this situation had resulted in interference with access to the plaintiff’s farm and specified items of damage to him. The trial court sustained a general demurrer to the petition and the Court of Appeals…