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2018 Georgia Code 22-1-8 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 22 EMINENT DOMAIN

Section 1. General Provisions, 22-1-1 through 22-1-15.

22-1-8. Exclusive nature of title.

All persons authorized to take or damage private property for public purposes shall proceed as set forth in this title.

(Ga. L. 1894, p. 95, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 4657; Civil Code 1910, § 5206; Code 1933, § 36-301.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Second application for condemnation.

- Where 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 where it is shown that the plaintiff had 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 where property has been appropriated or damaged by the erection and maintenance of a public improvement that the owner can recover upon the theory that his 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 implication in municipal charter.

- Where 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 this section and § 22-2-61(a), which taken alone do 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.

- 25A C.J.S., Damages, § 2.

Cases Citing Georgia Code 22-1-8 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 2

City of Marietta v. Summerour

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2017-10-30

Citation: 302 Ga. 645, 807 S.E.2d 324

Snippet: (“shall ... be guided”). He points as well to OCGA § 22-1-8, a statute that predates the Act of 2006 but provides

Department of Transportation v. City of Atlanta

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1985-10-08

Citation: 337 S.E.2d 327, 255 Ga. 124, 1985 Ga. LEXIS 1002

Snippet: set forth.” This statute now appears as OCGA § 22-1-8, except that “corporations” has been deleted, and