Atlantic & Birmingham Railroad v. Penny
Supreme Court of Georgia
Appeal from condemnation proceedings. Before Judge Little-john. Dooly superior court. April 18, 1903.
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
The Atlantic and Birmingham Railroad Company instituted proceedings to condemn “two hundred and fifty (250) feet right of way, sixty feet on the east, and one hundred and ninety feet on west side of the center line,” through a described tract of land, the property of Z. T. Penny. A majority of the assessors chosen in the manner prescribed by law filed an award fixing the damages to be paid at $400. The third assessor refused to agree to this, and filed with the award a writing stating that in his opinion the amount should have been $500. Penny entered an appeal from the award of the assessors…
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