State Highway Board v. Willcox

I dissent from the judgment of the majority in this case, reversing the judgment of the Court of Appeals. This was a condemnation proceeding, brought by the State Highway Board of Georgia under the Civil Code (1910), § 5206, against J. Clyde Willcox and I. L. Cook, for “the condemnation of certain lands for a right of way for a State-aid road, and for material to be used in constructing and building the road.” The principal object of the condemnation proceedings was to secure a bridge-site across the Ocmulgee river, with abutments therefor and approaches thereto on the land of the defendants.…