Case Name: WOOLEY & COMPANY v. CITY OF ATLANTA
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1928-03-07
Citations: 38 Ga. App. 15
Docket Number: 18581
Parties: WOOLEY & COMPANY v. CITY OF ATLANTA.
Judges: Broyles, G. J., concurs. Bloodworih, J., absent on account of illness.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 38
Pages: 15–17

Head Matter:
18581.
WOOLEY & COMPANY v. CITY OF ATLANTA.
Decided March 7, 1928.
Dorsey, Shelton & Dorsey, James O. Shelor, Ralph II. Pharr, for plaintiff.
J. L. Mayson, C. S. Winn, for defendant.

Opinion:
Luke, J.
A. C. Wooley & Company brought suit against the City of Atlanta for $2500 damages for interference with the right of ingress and egress, by reason of filling and grading the public street in front of leased premises, occupied for business purposes, alleging, among other things, that "petitioner's leasehold interest was greatly lessened and damaged and has depreciated in value." Upon the authority of Pause v. Atlanta, 98 Ga. 92 (26 S. E. 489, 58 Am. St. R. 290), and of Bass v. West, 110 Ga. 698 (36 S. E. 244), the allegations of the petition were sufficient to stand the test of the general demurrer, and the judgment sustaining the demurrer was error. See also 13 R. C. L. 142.
Judgment reversed.
Broyles, G. J., concurs. Bloodworih, J., absent on account of illness.