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O.C.G.A. § 22-2-61 — Power of assessors to subpoena and to compel attendance; right of parties to be represented | Georgia Code

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TITLE 22 EMINENT DOMAIN

Section 2. Condemnation Procedure Generally, 22-2-1 through 22-2-142.

ARTICLE 1 PROCEEDING BEFORE ASSESSORS

22-2-61. Power of assessors to subpoena and to compel attendance; right of parties to be represented.

The assessors shall have the same power to issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses as is vested in the superior court.
Parties may be represented in person or by attorney before the assessors.

(Ga. L. 1894, p. 95, §§ 18, 30; Civil Code 1895, §§ 4674, 4686; Civil Code 1910, §§ 5222, 5224; Code 1933, §§ 36-502, 36-503.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Glidden Co. v. City of Collins, 189 Ga. 656, 7 S.E.2d 266 (1940); O.K., Inc. v. State Hwy. Dep't, 213 Ga. 666, 100 S.E.2d 906 (1957); Kellett v. Fulton County, 215 Ga. 551, 111 S.E.2d 364 (1959).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 27 Am. Jur. 2d, Eminent Domain, § 420.

C.J.S.

- 30 C.J.S., Eminent Domain, § 296.

ALR.

- Compelling testimony of opponent's expert in state court, 66 A.L.R.4th 213.

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