Grant of right to obstruct public street prohibited

Without express legislative authority, a municipal corporation may not grant to any person the right to erect or maintain a structure or obstruction in a public street. History. — Civil Code 1895, § 745; Civil Code 1910, § 894; Code 1933, § 69-304. History of Code section. — This Code section is derived from the decision in Laing v. Mayor of Americus, 86 Ga. 756, 13 S.E. 107 (1891).