81 Ga. 625 | Ga. | 1888
Mrs. Atkinson, the plaintiff' in error, brought her action against, the city of Atlanta for damages, which she alleged she had sustained from the grading of certain streets and the construction of certain sewers by the city, by reason of which a large body of water was emptied upon her lots, and her property thereby injured and damaged. By an amendment to the declaration, she alleged that this was a continuing nuisance, and she proposed to recover such damages as had accrued , within four years next before the bringing of the suit. It was admitted that the work was done by the city more than four years next before the bringing of the suit. The declaration and the amendment were demurred to generally, upon the ground that the same were not sufficient in law to authorize the plaintiff to •recover. The court sustained the demurrer, and the plaintiff' excepted.
It was contended by the plaintiff in error that this was a nuisance ab origine, and a continuing nuisance, for which she was entitled to damages, for the reason that by the constitution of 1877, it is provided that pri
Judgment affirmed.