O.C.G.A. § 22-1-8 (2019)
Exclusive nature of title
All persons authorized to take or damage private property for public purposes shall proceed as set forth in this title.
History
Ga. L. 1894, p. 95, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 4657; Civil Code 1910, § 5206; Code 1933, § 36-301.
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Second application for condemnation. - When an application for condemnation is filed, and no steps are taken thereunder and it is abandoned, a new application may be made without reference to the abandoned application. Hutchinson v. Copeland, 146 Ga. 357, 91 S.E. 206 (1917). Injunction against condemnation. - The court grants an injunction against condemnation when it is shown that the plaintiff made a bona fide selection of the right of way sought to be condemned. Western & Atl. R.R. v. Western Union Tel. Co., 138 Ga. 420, 75 S.E. 471, 42 L.R.A. (n.s.) 225 (1912); Nashville, C. & S.L. Ry. v. Western Union Tel. Co., 142 Ga. 525, 83 S.E. 123 (1914). Appropriation or damage for public purposes. - It is only when property has been appropriated or damaged by the erection and maintenance of a public improvement that the owner can recover upon the theory that the owner’s property has been appropriated or damaged for public purposes. Rhines v. Commissioners of Chatham County, 50 Ga. App. 844, 179 S.E. 140 (1935). Law prescribing condemnation procedure incorporated by implica-
tion in municipal charter. - When the city charter declared that city would have full power and authority to condemn property for the purpose of opening new streets to be exercised in the manner provided in former Code 1933, §§ 36-301, 36-502, and 36-503 (see O.C.G.A. §§ 22-1-8 and 22-2-61) which taken alone did not provide a method, the general law of the state prescribing the procedure and the method of ascertaining damages became by implication a part of the municipal charter. Glidden Co. v. City of Collins, 189 Ga. 656, 7 S.E.2d 266 (1940). Cited in Fleming v. City of Rome, 130 Ga. 383, 61 S.E. 5 (1908); Western & Atl. R.R. v. Western Union Tel. Co., 138 Ga. 420, 75 S.E. 471, 42 L.R.A. (n.s.) 225 (1912); Willcox v. State Hwy. Bd., 38 Ga. App. 373, 144 S.E. 214 (1928); Central of Ga. Ry. v. Thomas, 167 Ga. 110, 144 S.E. 739 (1928); H.G. Hastings Co. v. Southern Natural Gas Corp., 173 Ga. 212, 159 S.E. 853 (1931); State Hwy. Bd. v. Shierling, 51 Ga. App. 935, 181 S.E. 885 (1935); Harrison v. State Hwy. Dep’t, 183 Ga. 290, 188 S.E. 445 (1936); State Hwy. Bd. v. Long, 61 Ga. App. 173, 6 S.E.2d 130 (1939); Hoch v. Candler, 190 Ga. 390, 9 S.E.2d 622 (1940);
United States v. A Certain Tract or Parcel of Land, 44 F. Supp. 712 (S.D. Ga. 1942); Marist Soc’y v. City of Atlanta, 212 Ga. 115, 90 S.E.2d 564 (1955); Combs v. State
Hwy. Dep’t, 111 Ga. App. 132, 140 S.E.2d 892 (1965); DOT v. City of Atlanta, 255 Ga. 124, 337 S.E.2d 327 (1985).
RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. - 25 C.J.S., Damages, § 1 et seq.