Young v. Harrison
Supreme Court of Georgia
Proceeding to assess damages in Randolph Superior Court.. Tried before Judge Perkins, April Term, 1854. • Under the charter of the Irwinton Bridge Company, they were authorized to appropriate the land necessary for an abutment on this side the river, and a proceeding was authorized to ascertain the value thereof, in the event of a disagreement with the owners. Such disagreement having arisen, the appraisers assessed the damages at Ten Dollars.
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Proceeding to assess damages in Randolph Superior Court.. Tried before Judge Perkins, April Term, 1854. • Under the charter of the Irwinton Bridge Company, they were authorized to appropriate the land necessary for an abutment on this side the river, and a proceeding was authorized to ascertain the value thereof, in the event of a disagreement with the owners. Such disagreement having arisen, the appraisers assessed the damages at Ten Dollars. The defendants in error (Harrisons) appealed to the Superior Court, and on the trial of this appeal, the -errors assigned are alleged to have occurred.…
1Opinion of the Court
*36 By the Court
Starnes, J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] The main question, in this case, arises on the point made as to the proper measure of recovery for the land which has been taken from the intestate, whom these defendants in error represent, by the Irwinton Bridge Company, as a site for one of the abutments of their bridge.
The Act incorporating the Company, provides that the “damages or value of the land required by the corporation,” shall be ascertained by appraisers, or by a Jury, upon appeal to the Superior Court; and shall constitute the compensation of the landholder. This provision is…
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