Jones v. City Council of Augusta

Townsend, Judge.

1. Code (Ann.) § 69-308 provides that as a condition prerequisite to filing an action against a municipality based on personal injury, the person “having a claim for money damages” must present the same in writing to the governing authority of the municipality “for adjustment” within six months of the happening of the event, “and no such suit shall be entertained by the courts against such municipality until the cause of action therein shall have, been first presented to said governing authority for adjustment.” “Claim” as used in the first sentence, and “demand for payment”…