Whitney v. Central Georgia Power Co.

Charles E-. Whitney, Prank E. Whitney, Eddy E. Whitney, and Sarah J. Whitney are the owners of two tracts of land, one known as the “Parker Place,” lying entirely in the county of Newton, and the other as the “John Barnes Mill Place,” lying in the counties of Newton and Butts. The Central Georgia Power Company served these landowners with notice that, being unable by contract to procure a right of way, they would proceed to condemn the land pursuant to the act approved December 7, 1897 (Acts 1897, p. 68); whereupon the landowners filed their petition to enjoin the condemnation proceedings,…