Austell v. City of Atlanta

Lumpkin, Presiding Justice.

The 60th section of the act of 1874, establishing a new' charter for the City of Atlanta (Acts of 1874, p. 131), con*183ferred upon the mayor and general council power and authority to open, lay out, widen, straighten, or otherwise change streets, lanes and squares in that city. It also provided for the appointment of freeholders to assess damages in such cases, two of whom were to be appointed by the municipal authorities, and the other two by the owners of lots to be affected; and the section further declared that “in case said assessors cannot agree, they shall…