Legal Opinion

Blackwell v. State Highway Board

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 17, 1931No. 8151PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.

It is insisted by the plaintiffs that the location of the State-aid road by the State Highway Board of Georgia was arbitrary and an abuse of discretion, inasmuch as there was another road which paralleled it some distance off, and which was the United States mail route serving that section of Jasper County. In Jackson v. State Highway Department of Georgia, 164 Ga. 434 (4) (138 S. E. 847), it was held: “A court of equity will not interfere with the discretionary action of this board in designating and locating a State-aid road, within the sphere of their legally delegated powers, unless such'…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Dyer v. MartinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
  2. Dunn v. BeckSupreme Court of Georgia · 1915
  3. Jackson v. State Highway DepartmentSupreme Court of Georgia · 1927
  4. Holt v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919
  5. Raines v. Terrell CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1930

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Crump v. State Highway DepartmentSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
  2. Myrick v. Brooks CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1932
  3. Crump v. State Highway DepartmentSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940

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