Department of Transportation v. Ridley

Undercofler, Presiding Justice.

In this certiorari, we examine service in public transportation condemnation actions. Code Ann. Ch. 95A-6. The Court of Appeals held that the "personal service” required under this Act, Code Ann. § 95A-606, did not include all the variations provided in the Civil Practice Act, Code Ann. § 81A-104 (d), but mandated that the condemnee be handed the petition individually. Dept. of Transportation v. Ridley, 149 Ga. App. 16 (253 SE2d 563) (1979). We disagree and reverse.

Service in this case was performed by handing Mrs. Grace Ridley three copies of the condemnation…