City Council of Augusta v. Thorp

Jordan, Judge.

“A general grant of power to- grade streets and to establish in connection therewith a system of drainage does not carry with it any right on the part of the municipality to create and maintain a nuisance by causing surface-water to be discharged upon the premises of a private citizen; and he may, when such a thing has been done, maintain against the city an action to recover the damages sustained in consequence thereof.” Bass Canning Co. v. MacDougald Construction Co., 174 Ga. 222 (1) (162 S. E. 687). See City of Macon v. Roy, 34 Ga. App. 603 (130 S. E. 700); Cannon v. City of…