O.C.G.A. § 22-2-81 (2019)
Effect of appeal on condemnor’s right to use condemned property or interest; payment, tender, or deposit of award as condition on condemnor’s right to use property or interest
The entering of an appeal and the proceedings thereon shall not hinder or delay in any way the condemnor’s right to use the condemned property or interest, provided that the condemnor pays or tenders to the owner the amount of the award and, in case of the refusal of the owner to accept the award, deposits the amount awarded with the clerk of the superior court for the benefit of the owner.
History
Ga. L. 1894, p. 95, § 23; Civil Code 1895, § 4679; Civil Code 1910, § 5229; Code 1933, § 36-602.
Annotations
Law reviews. - For comment on Georgia Power Co. v. Fountain, 207 Ga. 361, 61 S.E.2d 454 (1950), see 13 Ga. B.J. 341 (1951).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Award by assessors binding until reversed or set aside. - An award by condemnation assessors and the order and judgment of the court directing the filing thereof are judgments rendered by a competent tribunal, and, even if erroneous, are binding upon a condemnee until reversed or set aside, and cannot be collaterally attacked in the condemnee’s equitable petition for injunction against the condemnor’s contractor. McGreggor v. W.L. Florence Constr. Co., 208 Ga. 176, 65 S.E.2d 809 (1951).
Cited in Central Ga. Power Co. v. Stone, 142 Ga. 662, 83 S.E. 524 (1914); Gaston v. Shunk Plow Co., 161 Ga. 287, 130 S.E. 580 (1925); Georgia Power Co. v. Fountain, 207 Ga. 361, 61 S.E.2d 454 (1950); Olliff v. Housing Auth., 89 Ga. App. 43, 78 S.E.2d 549 (1953); Mitchell v. State Hwy. Dep’t, 216 Ga. 517, 118 S.E.2d 88 (1961); Robinson v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., 306 F. Supp. 201 (N.D. Ga. 1969); Georgia Dep’t of Transp. v. Woodward, 254 Ga. 587, 331 S.E.2d 557 (1985).
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 27 Am. Jur. 2d, Eminent Domain, § 573 et seq. ALR. - Eminent domain: payment or
deposit of award in court as affecting condemnor’s right to appeal, 40 A.L.R.3d 203.