Legal Opinion
UNIFIED GOVERNMENT v. North
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 5, 2001No. A01A0724PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pope, Presiding Judge.
As part of a land purchase contract with Carlton North, the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County agreed to build a new access road to its Cedar Creek water treatment plant. The road would eliminate the need for plant-related traffic to drive through a residential area being developed by North. When the Unified Government failed to construct the access road in a timely manner, this breach of contract action against the Unified Government followed, and a jury awarded damages and attorney fees to North, Belle Meade Plantation, Inc., and C. R. North Development, Inc.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Town of Fort Oglethorpe v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
- Horkan v. City of MoultrieSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
- DeKalb County v. Georgia Paperstock Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1970
- Carden v. BurckhalterCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
- Brown v. City of East PointSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
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3Cited by9 opinions
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