Mayor of Washington v. Harris
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Walker. Wilkes superior court. July 1, 1914.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
1. The plaintiff brought suit against the defendant municipality for recovery of damages, alleging, that she was the owner of a lot of ' land within the corporate limits of the City of Washington, upon which she and her family resided, and that the municipality owned a lot ad*103joining hers, and upon this lot, within thirty feet of her lot, erected a power-plant for the generation of electricity with which it lighted streets and pumped water to the city water-mains, supplying electricity and water for a consideration to individuals, firms, and corporations; that by reason of the noise caused by…
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