Legal Opinion
Sadtler v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 8, 1976No. 30490PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Gunter, Justice.
This appeal poses one issue for decision: whether the Georgia Department of Transportation, as grantee from the City of Atlanta of lands condemned by the City of Atlanta, owns fee simple title to the lands, or whether, because of the failure to use the lands for the purpose for which they were condemned, title reverted to the original condemnees, their heirs, or assigns.
The city acquired the lands in question in 1971 through eminent domain proceedings and then transferred them to the predecessor of what is now the Georgia Department of Transportation. The lands were acquired…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State Highway Department v. HendrixSupreme Court of Georgia · 1960
- Marist Society of Georgia v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955
- City of Atlanta v. Fulton CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1954
3Cited by15 opinions
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