Case Name: Carroll vs. The City of Atlanta
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1885-02-07
Citations: 74 Ga. 386
Docket Number: 
Parties: Carroll vs. The City of Atlanta.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 74
Pages: 386–386

Head Matter:
Carroll vs. The City of Atlanta.
This case, involving a claim to recover damages on account of the overflowing of lands lying on a stream below the city water-works, is similar, both in its facts and the law hearing on thém, to the case of Brown vs. The City of Atlanta, 66 Ga., 71, and is controlled by it.
Judgment affirmed.
February 7, 1885.

Opinion:
Jackson, Chief Justice.
[This was a suit against the city of Atlanta to recover damages alleged to have been done to crops on land lying on a stream below the reservoir of the city water works, by letting off water from the reservoir and flooding the land. The jury found for the defendant. Plaintiff moved for a new trial, which was refused, and he excepted.]