Legal Opinion
Barham v. Grant
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 19, 1938No. 12128PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hutcheson, Justice.
1. The alteration of a public road involves the discontinuance of that part of the road which is altered. Ponder v. Shannon, 54 Ga. 188. Therefore the allegations of the petition that the county authorities “proceeded to alter said public road by changing its course in several places, including a change in front of plaintiff’s land,” without publishing any notice, as against general demurrer, sufficiently alleged a failure of the county authorities to comply with requirements of publication of notice both as to the locating of the new portion of the altered road and the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Holman v. Athens Empire Laundry Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1919
- Lee County v. Mayor of SmithvilleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
- State Highway Board v. BaxterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1928
- Kelsoe v. Town of OglethorpeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Coker v. Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1905
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority v. DatrySupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- Westbrook v. ComerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
- Dougherty County v. HornsbySupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
- State Highway Department v. LumpkinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1966
- Piedmont Cotton Mills, Inc. v. General Warehouse No. Two, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1966
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