Jones v. City of Atlanta

1. A petition seeking to recover damages against the City of Atlanta alleged, among other things, the following: The city widened and graded one of its streets, cutting from the lot whereon the plaintiff resided a strip about six feet wide, and lowering the grade in front of it about four feet, so as to leave no means of ingress and egress to and from that side of the lot. Lying between the lot whereon the plaintiff resided and that of her next neighbor was an alley. In widening the street the city excavated the alley and made steps for her to enter her, back yard so as to reach her house,…