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Massengale v. City of Atlanta

39 S.E. 578, 113 Ga. 966, 1901 Ga. LEXIS 433
Supreme Court of Georgia·Decided July 20, 1901·Published·Cited by 20 cases

Opinion

Fish, J.

Permitting a public city sewer to be or remain in such a defective condition as to become a nuisance with resulting injury to realty, gives a cause' of action against the municipality in favor of the owner of such realty, and on the trial thereof he may recover for all damages to his property which have; occurred within four years of the filing of his petition. This is so without regard to the time when the sewer was constructed or when it became in fact such a nuisance. Reid v. Atlanta, 73 Ga. 525, and cit.; Smith v. Atlanta, 75 Ga. 110, Maguire v. Cartersville, 76 Ga. 81; Mayor of Brunswick v. Tucker, [967] 103 Ga. 233; Holmes v. Atlanta, ante, 761; Mayor of Waycross v. Houk, ante, 763. Judgment

Submitted May 29, Decided July 20, 1901. Action for damages. Before Judge Calhoun. City court of Atlanta. September 21, 1900. Lumpkin & Golguitt, for plaintiff. J. L. Mayson, W. P. Hill, J. A. Anderson, and J. T. Pendleton, for defendant. reversed. All the Justices concurring.

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