McCrea v. Georgia Power Co.

This was a condemnation proceeding brought by the Georgia Power Company against Mrs. Clyde McCrea to condemn certain lands of hers in Putnam county, being 2.42 acres, a portion of a tract of 375 acres owned by Mrs. McCrea. The power company appealed from the finding of the assessors to a jury in the superior court, where a verdict was returned in favor of Mrs. Mc-Crea in the sum of $48.40 direct damages for the land to be actually taken by the power company for the purpose of backing water from its power dam over the same, and $1,499.04, for consequential damages to the remainder of the tract…