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In Dougherty County v. Long, 93 Ga. App. 212 (91 S.E.2d 198) this court said: "The petition states a cause of action for damages for cutting off access from the street on which plaintiff's lot abuts, the lot being within a block from the obstruction.
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DECIDED JANUARY 12, 1956.
Action for damages. Before Judge Jones. Albany City Court. August 5, 1955.
Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, Andrew J. Tuten, Assistant Attorney-General, Paul Miller, Assistant Attorney-General, for plaintiff in error.
Burt Burt, contra.
The court did not err in overruling the demurrers to the petition.
DECIDED JANUARY 12, 1956.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Long sued Dougherty County for damages alleged to have been caused by the construction by the State Highway Department of a new Georgia Highway No. 82 which cut off access to the new highway to and from the petitioners' lot which is located on a street abutting the street running at right angles to the new highway and being within a city block of the new highway. The petition also alleged damage to the lot by reason of the fact that the construction of an overpass on the new highway altered the natural flow of rainwater and caused water to drain onto the plaintiff's lot. The defendant's general and special demurrers were overruled and it excepted.
The petition contains two elements of alleged damage, the cutting off of access to the new highway by way of the street on which the plaintiffs' lot abuts and damage to the lot from overflow of water from the new highway.
1. The petition states a cause of action for damages for cutting off access from the street on which plaintiffs' lot abuts, the lot being within a block from the obstruction. The exact question was ruled on in Felton v. State Highway Board, 47 Ga. App. 615 ( 171 S.E. 198). All of the arguments urged by the plaintiff in error are answered in that case and it is not necessary to repeat them.
2. The allegation that the improvement caused water to flow onto the plaintiff's property is good as against demurrer. It does not appear from the petition that the fact alleged is contrary to the laws of nature or impossible for any other reason. See Felton Farm Co. v. Macon County, 49 Ga. App. 239, 241 (3) ( 175 S.E. 29).
The court did not err in overruling the demurrers to the petition.
Judgment affirmed. Quillian and Nichols, JJ., concur.