Case Name: City of Savannah v. Clarke
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1930-11-11
Citations: 42 Ga. App. 275
Docket Number: 20767
Parties: City of Savannah v. Clarke.
Judges: Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 42
Pages: 275–276

Head Matter:
20767.
City of Savannah v. Clarke.
Decided November 11, 1930.

Opinion:
Broyles, C. J.
1. "It is not a prerequisite to suit- against a municipal corporation in this State, for injury to person or property, that the written notice required under the Civil Code, § 910, should specify any amount of money claimed as damages." Maryon v. City of Atlanta, 149 Ga. 35 (99 S. E. 116), and cit.; same case, 23 Ga. App. 716 (99 S. E. 316). In the decision of this court in that case the contrary ruling in Mayor &c. of Macon v. Stringfield, 16 Ga. App. 480 (85 S. E. 684), was overruled.
2. Under the above-stated ruling and the facts of the instant case the petition as amended was not subject -to any ground- of the demurrer in- . terposed, and the demurrer, was properly overruled.
Judgment affirmed.
Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.
John J. Bouhan, B. Ormonde Hunter, Marvin O'Neal Jr., for plaintiff in error.
Don H. Olarlc, contra;