Ham v. Heard County

The exception in this case is to the judgment sustaining a general demurrer to a petition brought by J. W. Ham against Heard County, to recover damages arising out of the relocation of a public road.

The petition alleges that said public road “was taken over by the State Highway Board of Georgia and made a part of the State-Aid System of highways;” that “in April, 1933, the State Highway Board of Georgia and the defendant . . relocated, graded, and widened said road,” so that it ran within three feet of the front of his residence, and was “some three and a half feet lower than it was prior to…