Harrison v. Young
Supreme Court of Georgia
Appeal from an award, in Randolph Superior Court. Tried before Judge Warren, October Term, 1850. By an Act of the General Assembly, passed in 1837, incorporating the Irwinton Bridge Company, for the purpose of erecting a bridge across the Chattahoochee River,'it was provided, that the hoard of directors might taire such parcel or parcels of land as they might deem necessary for the abutments, &c. of their bridge; “ and in case of disagreement between the owner or owners of…
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Appeal from an award, in Randolph Superior Court. Tried before Judge Warren, October Term, 1850. By an Act of the General Assembly, passed in 1837, incorporating the Irwinton Bridge Company, for the purpose of erecting a bridge across the Chattahoochee River,'it was provided, that the hoard of directors might taire such parcel or parcels of land as they might deem necessary for the abutments, &c. of their bridge; “ and in case of disagreement between the owner or owners of said land and the board of directors, in regard to the damages or price of such land, it may and shall be lawful for the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lumpkin, J.
delivering the opinion.
I do not propose, on the present occasion, to review any of the doctrines held by this Court, when these parties were last before us, in January, 1849. See 6 Ga. Rep. 130. We see no reason to change or modify any of the principles then enunciated. Moreover, we agree with the counsel for the plaintiff in error, that the questions made by the record, are entirely new, and uncontrolled by any previous adjudications -which we have made. It is true, that the argument which has been submitted by Col. Benning, controverts some of the positions which we…
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