Dougherty County v. Edge

My opinion as to what this court should do with Code § 95-1712 is expressed fully in my dissent in State Highway Department v. McClain, 216 Ga. 1 (114 S. E. 2d 125). But since my associates will not join me in overruling all the decisions above listed, I have no choice but to follow them and hence join in the foregoing decision.

This is an action for damages, brought against Dougherty County, resulting from acts of the State Highway Department in building certain fills or embankments in the construction of an interchange at the junction of a highway and the relocation of another. By amendment…