Legal Opinion
Barrett v. Hamby
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 16, 1975No. 30015PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
In this appeal we affirm the judgment of the Superior Court of Cobb County which ruled that the county’s zoning of the Hamby property constituted an unconstitutional taking of that property without just compensation.
The zoning giving rise to this dispute is designated R-20 under the Cobb County Zoning Ordinance. R-20 property may be used for little else than free standing single family homes on half-acre lots. The property measures some 26 1/2 acres and is owned by the estate of Mack C. Hamby. The estate’s executor applied for rezoning to classification PSC — planned shopping…
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- Morrow v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
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