Legal Opinion

City of LaGrange v. Whatley

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 17, 1978No. 55845PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Smith, Judge.

Appellant comes to this court by way of interlocutory appeal from the denial of its motion for a summary judgment. We reverse.

Appellee filed his complaint against appellant, alleging damages by virtue of a nuisance created and maintained by appellant. The alleged nuisance was a city sewer line that backed sewage up into appellee’s home one time. Appellee testified that the one and only time sewage backed up into his home was February 7, 1977. There being no evidence here to establish that the City of LaGrange had created or was maintaining a nuisance, the trial court erred in…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. City of East Point v. TerhuneCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Banks v. Mayor & City of SavannahCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  2. Atkinson v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
  3. City of Atlanta v. LeakeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  4. TRUSSELL SERVICES, INC. v. City of MontezumaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
  5. Horton v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981

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