Legal Opinion
Bass Canning Co. v. MacDougald Construction Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 14, 1932No. Nos. 8299, 8300PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, P. J.
This suit was against the City of Milledgeville and a construction company, for damage to personal property of the plaintiff in its warehouse, resulting from the inundation of the ground floor of the building by surface-water from the streets. It was alleged: that between the street and the sidewalk there had been a surface-drain ditch, which drained into a perpendicular sewer; that in 1928 the city contracted with the construction company to pave the street in question, and construct necessary storm-sewers, catch-basins, and manholes in accordance with plans furnished by the city; that the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Langley v. City CouncilSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- City Council of Augusta v. ClevelandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919
- Bonner v. WelbornSupreme Court of Georgia · 1849
- Smith v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1886
- City of Atlanta v. WarnockSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Delta Air Corporation v. KerseySupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
- Thrasher v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1934
- East Coast Freight Lines, Inc. v. Consolidated Gas, Electric Light & Power Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1946
- City of Rome v. TurkSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- Gleaton v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
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