McCord v. Housing Authority

Bowles, Justice.

In 1955 the legislature enacted The Urban Redevelopment Law, Code Ann. § 69-1101 et seq., to “provide for the rehabilitation, clearance and redevelopment of slums in cities and towns in this State.” Ga. Laws, p. 354. Under The Urban Redevelopment Law a municipality was given the right to “exercise the power of eminent domain [over] any real property it may deem necessary for its purposes.” Ga. Laws, p. 363; Code Ann. § 69-1108. Exercise of the power of eminent domain under this section must be pursuant to the formulation of an urban redevelopment plan which necessitates the *548acq…