Legal Opinion
Department of Transportation v. Davison Investment Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 3, 1997No. S96G1216PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Chief Justice.
In order to construct a limited-access highway bypassing the City of Royston and connecting to Georgia Highway 17, the Georgia Department of Transportation (“DOT”) filed a petition and declaration of taking which named 6.164 acres of land of a 134-acre tract owned by appellee Davison Investment Company. When it filed its petition, DOT paid $24,300 as just and adequate compensation for the taking into the registry of the Franklin County superior court. Davison contested the need for the taking and appealed the valuation. Mayes Davison and Agnes Davison Ray, who each had…
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