Legal Opinion
Floyd County v. Fincher
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 16, 1929No. 7326PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, J.
Fincher filed, on December 19, 1938, a petition alleging that he owns described real estate in Floyd County; that the county has so changed the location and construction of one of its public highways as to cause the surface-water from a large area, which before such change in the highway drained in a northerly direction, to drain in a southerly direction and to be discharged upon his lands, causing the water to pond thereon, and depositing mud, clay, and gravel upon his pasture, and drowning and killing his crops; that the market value of his lands has already been damaged in a large sum, and…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Smith v. Floyd CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
- Moore v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
- Barfield v. Macon CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
- Gray v. Mayor of GriffinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- County of Monroe v. FlyntSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Duffield v. DeKalb CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
- Taylor v. Richmond CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
- Clarke County School District v. MaddenCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1959
- DeKalb County v. McFarlandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
- Department of Transportation v. MixonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2021
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