When county liable to be sued

O.C.G.A. § 36-1-4

O.C.G.A. § 36-1-4

A county is not liable to suit for any cause of action unless made so by statute. History. — Civil Code 1895, § 341; Civil Code 1910, § 384; Code 1933, § 23-1502. History of Code section. — This Code section is derived in part from the decisions in Hammond v. County of Richmond, 72 Ga. 188 (1883), and Smith v. Wilkes & McDuffie Counties, 79 Ga. 125, 4 S.E. 20 (1887).