Kea v. City of Dublin
Cases that cite this one
24 later published cases cite this decision.
- Hammond v. City of Warner Robins (Ga. Ct. App. 1997)
- Mayor &C. of Savannah v. Palmerio (Ga. 1978)
- Phillips v. Town of Fort Oglethorpe (Ga. Ct. App. 1968)
- Ingram v. City of Acworth (Ga. Ct. App. 1954)
- Stanfield v. Glynn County (Ga. 2006)
- Duffield v. DeKalb County (Ga. 1978)
- City of Atlanta v. Due (Ga. Ct. App. 1931)
- Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority v. Trussell (Ga. 1981)
- Ethridge v. City of Lavonia (Ga. Ct. App. 1960)
- Cox v. Ray M. Lee Co., Inc. (Ga. Ct. App. 1959)
- Stanley v. City of Macon (Ga. Ct. App. 1957)
- City of Thomson v. Davis (Ga. Ct. App. 1955)
- City of Macon v. Cannon (Ga. Ct. App. 1954)
- City of Atlanta v. Minder (Ga. Ct. App. 1951)
- Foster v. Mayor C. of Savannah (Ga. Ct. App. 1948)
- Delta Air Corporation v. Kersey (Ga. 1942)
- Townsend v. Georgia Power Co. (Ga. Ct. App. 1931)
- City of Macon v. Roy (Ga. Ct. App. 1925)
- Harrison Co. v. City of Atlanta (Ga. Ct. App. 1921)
- Lewis v. City of Moultrie (Ga. Ct. App. 1921)
- City Council of Augusta v. Cleveland (Ga. 1919)
- Mayor of Savannah v. Jones (Ga. 1919)
- City Council v. Cleveland (Ga. Ct. App. 1919)
- City of Dublin v. Kea (Ga. Ct. App. 1917)
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Opinion of the Court
Although municipal authorities may have plenary power in the matter of collection, removal, and disposition of garbage, yet they can not lawfully create, in connection therewith, a nuisance dangerous to health or life; and where such a nuisance is created and its effect is specially injurious to an individual by reason of its proximity to his home, he has a cause of action for damages. Bell v. Mayor &c. of Savannah, 139 Ga. 298 (77 S. E. 165). Applying this ruling to the allegations of the petition, it set forth a cause of action, and the court erred in dismissing it upon general demurrer.
Judgment reversed.
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