Legal Opinion
DeKalb County v. McFarland
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 28, 1974No. 28164PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Grice, Presiding Justice.
This appeal is by a county from a judgment against it in favor of a property owner for the flooding of his property.
The appeal resulted from a suit filed in the Superior Court of DeKalb County by Martin McFarland against that county, its commissioners, the City of Decatur and its commissioners. During the trial the City of Decatur and its commissioners were eliminated from the suit. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $1,000 special damages, $4,000 attorney fees, and injunctive relief to be referred to hereinafter.
Enumerated as error are the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Swift v. BroylesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- McCurry v. BaileySupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
- DeKalb County v. McFarlandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
- McFarland v. DeKalb CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
- Seagraves v. SeagravesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
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3Cited by29 opinions
- City of Columbus, Ga. v. MyszkaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Ponce De Leon Condominiums v. DiGirolamoSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Tyler v. LincolnSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
- O'NEAL v. Home Town Bank of Villa RicaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
- Georgia Osteopathic Hospital, Inc. v. O'NealCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
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