Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. v. Willoughby

Pursuant to notice on August 1, 1939, the Housing Authority of the City of Athens instituted proceedings to condemn a certain tract of land in the City of Athens as the property of Will Willoughby and Adeline Willoughby under authority granted by the General Assembly (Ga. L. 1937, pp. 210 et seq., Ga. L. 1939, pp. 112 et seq.), for slum-clearance purposes and to build low-rent houses. On April 27, 1940, a judgment was rendered in the condemnation procedings that Will Willoughby and Adeline Willoughby recover of the housing authority $1773 as the fair market value of the property. This…