Mayor of Macon v. Wing

Wing instituted an action against the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon, to recover damages for injuries sustained by the change of grade and narrowing of a street, and by moving the sidewalk away from his property. The evidence established the following facts: Wing owned a lot on which was situated a brick storehouse in the City of Macon. The original street on which his land abutted was very wide and uneven. In 1897 the municipal authorities narrowed the street and put down a new sidewalk, curbing, etc., leaving a space of about twenty-five feet from the new sidewalk to the door of…