Mayor & Council of Brunswick v. Tucker
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Sweat. Glynn superior court. December term, 1896.
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
Mrs. Tucker brought suit against the Mayor and Council of the City of Brunswick, to recover damages for the alleged negligence of the municipal authorities in allowing certain street-drains to become clogged by wood and sand, thus gradually raising the level of the drains, so that the surface-water, which was formerly carried away from a lot owned by her by means of such drains, was caused to settle and become ponded thereon with no means of outlet. It appears that in 1868 the City of Brunswick leased the premises to one Coleman, his heirs and assigns, and that he afterwards assigned the…
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