Legal Opinion

Garner v. Mayor &C. of Athens

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 11, 1950No. 17031PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Head, Justice.

If a public street or road is shown by the evidence to presently exist along the way or route which the city proposes to grade as a public street, the court did not err in denying the interlocutory injunction. If a street or road does not presently exist along the route proposed to be graded by the city, the city would.have no right to grade a street or road along the route, without first acquiring title or an easement to the street or road in the manner provided by law, and the court should have granted the application for interlocutory injunction.

The defendants did not allege,…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Southern Railway Co. v. CombsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  2. Healey v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  3. Dunaway v. WindsorSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
  4. Everett v. TaborSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  5. Ballard v. WaitesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Screven County v. Brier Creek Hunting & Fishing Club, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
  2. Barrett v. STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OF GEORGIASupreme Court of Georgia · 1955
  3. Hudspeth v. County of EarlySupreme Court of Georgia · 1954

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