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Allen v. City of MacOn

162 S.E.2d 783, 118 Ga. App. 88, 1968 Ga. App. LEXIS 1315
CourtCourt of Appeals of Georgia
DecidedJune 10, 1968
Docket43630
StatusPublished
Cited by11 cases

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Allen v. City of MacOn, 162 S.E.2d 783, 118 Ga. App. 88, 1968 Ga. App. LEXIS 1315 (Ga. Ct. App. 1968).

Opinions

Deen, Judge.

No action for damages may be filed against a municipality unless written notice complying with the requirements of Code Ann. § 69-308 is first presented to the governing body within six months of the happening of the event [89]*89upon which the claim is predicated. Written notice to the mayor will not suffice. City of Tallapoosa v. Brock, 138 Ga. 622 (75 SE 644). Oral notice to the mayor and city manager, together with written notice to the municipality which was five days late, will not suffice. Peek v. City of Albany, 101 Ga. App. 564 (114 SE2d 451). Oral notices followed by actual appearance before the mayor and council of the city in official session as its governing body, and their assurances of indemnification, will not suffice and cannot create an estoppel because these officials “had no right to waive the requirements of Code Ann. § 69-308 that written notice must be given a municipal corporation of any claim for the money damages against it, within six months of the happening of the event upon which the claim is predicated.” City of Calhoun v. Holland, 222 Ga. 817, 819 (152 SE2d 752).

Argued May 8, 1968 Decided June 10, 1968 Rehearing denied June 26, 1968 Robert F. Higgins, L. Z. Dozier, for appellant. Harris, Russell & Watkins, Joseph H. Davis, for appellee.

In the present case the petition alleges that the plaintiff was injured through the negligence of an employee at the city hospital; that the city carried liability insurance; that written notice was given the claims manager of the insurer by plaintiff’s attorney, who was advised that the company was investigating and they would try to work the matter out, and that an adjuster called on the plaintiff and made a written report. Oral notice was also given to hospital authorities. None of this amounts to written notice presenting the claim to the governing authority of the municipality, a condition precedent to this action.

The trial court did not err in dismissing the petition.

Judgment affirmed.

Pannell, J., concurs. Jordan, P. J., concurs specially.

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162 S.E.2d 783, 118 Ga. App. 88, 1968 Ga. App. LEXIS 1315, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/allen-v-city-of-macon-gactapp-1968.