Legal Opinion
Fowler v. City of Marietta
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 16, 1998No. A98A0480PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Blackburn, Judge.
On June 24, 1994, the City of Marietta petitioned to condemn certain parcels of land within its historic district for a road-widening project. The condemnation affected residential property owned by appellants Eileen Davis Fowler n/k/a Mrs. Albert Weir (Weir) and Julian and Nancy Edwards. The special master recommended that the condemnation cases be dismissed because the city had exercised its condemnation powers in bad faith, arbitrarily, capriciously, and beyond powers conferred by law. The city excepted to the special master’s recommendation, and the superior court granted…
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