Nodvin v. Georgia Power Co.

Hall, Presiding Judge.

1. Condemnee contends initially that each and every action taken in the special master proceeding is void because Georgia Power Company is not empowered to use that form of condemnation proceeding. He contends that Code § 36-811 (when and how power companies may condemn) authorizes only those procedures of Chapters 36-2 to 36-6, and that Code Ann. § 36-602a (special master as cumulative of other methods) refers only to use by governmental bodies.

The power company and the Attorney General, who appeared as amicus curiae, contend that the 1967 amendment to Code Ann. §…