
    The City Council of Augusta v. Williams.
   Duckworth, Chief Justice.

The Court of Appeals (in Case No. 32625) propounded the following question: “Is the authorized maintenance-by a municipality of a drainage system for the purpose of the drainage of surface water, as distinguished from a drainage system for the-purpose of handling sewage, a governmental or a ministerial function?” The answer is that it is a governmental function.

No. 16937.

February 16, 1950.

Fulcher & Fulcher, for plaintiff in error.

E. S. Sell Jr., and Benning M. Grice, for person at interest, not party.

C. Wesley Killebrew, contra. .

Certified question answered.

All the Justices concur.  