O.C.G.A. § 22-3-22 (2019)
Condemnation of mills, factories, and dams
Any person seeking to exercise the power of eminent domain under Code Section 22-3-20 shall have the right and authority to acquire by condemnation any mill, factory, dam, or other property or interest connected with same, except cotton mills or factories or any plant engaged in furnishing electric power to the public.
History
Civil Code 1910, § 5242; Ga. L. 1925, p. 272, § 3; Code 1933, § 36-812.
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Protection accorded to mills and factories extends to appurtenances necessary to their operation, but not to property from which the crude material is taken for supplying such mill or factory. Beuchler v. Georgia Ry. & Power Co., 139 Ga. 724, 78 S.E. 121 (1913); Nolan v. Central Ga. Power Co., 134 Ga. 201, 67 S.E. 656 (1910).
Protection applies to mills and factories operated by steam power as well as to those operated by water power. Stribbling v. Georgia Ry. & Power Co., 139 Ga. 676, 78 S.E. 42 (1913). Cited in Lewis v. Fidelity & Deposit Co., 292 U.S. 559, 54 S. Ct. 848, 78 L. Ed. 1425 (1934).
RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. - 29A C.J.S., Eminent Domain, § 51 et seq. ALR. - Eminent domain: possibility of overcoming specific obstacles to contem-
plated use as element in determining existence of necessary public use, 22 A.L.R.4th 840.
T.22, C.3, A.2, P.2
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