City of Rome v. Hanson

“A municipal corporation is charged with the duty of exercising ordinary care in keeping its streets and sidewalks in a reasonably safe condition, so that persons can pass along them in the ordinary methods of travel with reasonable safety.” City of Silvertown v. Harcourt, 51 Ga. App. 160 (179 S. E. 772); City of Barnesville v. Sappington, 58 Ga. App. 27 (197 S. E. 342). While it is true that as to defects in or obstructions on a public street, not created in or placed thereon by any of its agents or servants, the city is liable to one sustaining injury by reason thereof only “where it had…