Legal Opinion
City of Rome v. Turk
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 11, 1975No. 29870PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Nichols, Chief Justice.
This case is here on application for writ of certiorari (Turk v. City of Rome, 133 Ga. App. 886 (212 SE2d 459)). The Court of Appeals reversed the grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant city.
This court granted certiorari on the questions of (a) whether negligence was the only theory on which the plaintiffs proceeded in the trial court; and (b) whether there is an issue of fact to be tried on the theory of nuisance.
1. The plaintiffs’ petition alleged that the city dug a drainage ditch from unimproved property adjacent to their property "onto plaintiffs’…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Hess Oil & Chemical Corp. v. NashSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970
- City Council v. LamarCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1927
- Smith v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1886
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- City of Columbus v. BarngroverCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
- C. F. I. Construction Co. v. Board of Regents of the University SystemCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
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