Supreme Court of Georgia July 1, 1886 (Smith v. City of Atlanta)

Blandford, J.

1. Although a municipal corporation had the right under its charter, to establish a system of grading and drainage, yet this-*303must be done so that it will not prove a nuisance to the citizens; and if a culvert were dug across a street whereby the surface water from the lands of adjacent proprietors was gathered, charged with the filth of sinks, and thrown upon the land of