Wellmaker v. Lamar County Advisory Board

1. The county authorities can not lawfully discontinue a public road except in the manner prescribed by law, after application and notice and registration in the proper office. Jones v. Williams, 70 Ga. 704 (2) ; Shellnut v. Carroll County, 30 Ga. App. 200 (117 S. E. 333); Political Code (1910), §§ 636-644; Hamilton v. Cooper, 149 Ga. 669, 671 (101 S. E. 909). Where an old road has not been discontinued in the manner prescribed by law, and the failure of the county authorities to work it and keep it up is a damage to property owners affected, the remedy is by mandamus only, to compel the…