Fletcher v. State Highway Department

Hall, Judge.

Each of these cases was a condemnation proceeding brought under the three-assessor law set forth in Chapter 36 of Georgia Code Annotated.

The issue in each case is the same as that in City of Atlanta v. Lunsford, ante, and the decision there is controlling.

The condemnor paid into the registry of the court the sum awarded to the condemnee by the appointed assessors, and the court paid the sum to the condemnee. The condemnor appealed from the assessors’ award. The court entered judgment for the condemnor for the difference between the assessors’ award and the jury’s verdict, plus…