Mayor of Savannah v. Williamson

1. Where, as in this ease, damages are sought on account of injury to certain subdivisions of a 40-acre tract of land, alleged to have been caused by a change in the grade of abutting streets, and the petition fails to allege the market value of the entire tract prior to and after the grading, there can be no recovery; and, so far as the instant case is concerned,, this doctrine (right or wrong) has crystallized into unalterable'law. See former decision, 19 Ga. App. 784 (92 S. E. 291). It was there said: “If a plaintiff could select certain lots out of an entire tract belonging to him and sue…