City of Atlanta v. Green
Supreme Court of Georgia
Damages. Municipal. Corporations. Constitutional Law. Before Judge Clark. City Court of Atlanta. June Term, 1881. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Speer, Justice. '
This was .an action brought by Patsey Green against the city of Atlanta for damages. There were two counts *387in the declaration. The first charged the defendant below with damages to her lot by said city, by reason of its negligence in throwing earth on her lot in the grading of a street of said city, and thereby causing the overflow of her premises with sand and water, destroying her gatden and rendering it unfit for use and cultivation.
The second count was-for damages to her lot resulting from the grading of the street bounding the same, by raising the level of said street…
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