Mulligan v. City Council
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Eve. City court of Richmond county. April 11, 1901.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, P. J.
The error assigned in the bill of exceptions sued out in this case is that the court below erred in dismissing an action brought by Mulligan against the City Council of Augusta, the purpose of which was to recover compensation for damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff by reason of large quantities of water, polluted with sewage, being periodically discharged upon a city lot of which he was the owner. In his petition he undertook to describe the location and character of various sewers in the neighborhood of this lot, and alleged that, because of certain changes made by the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- City Council v. LombardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- Danielly v. CheevesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
- Massengale v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
- Atkinson v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888
3Cited by11 opinions
- Langley v. City CouncilSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Town of Rentz v. RoachSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
- Crawford v. BakerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1952
- Burleyson v. Western & Atlantic RailroadCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1955
- Southern Railway Co. v. CookSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
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