Griffin v. Sanborn
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for injunction. Before Judge Spence. Decatur superior court. January 4, 1906.
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. The act of August 15, 1904 (Acts 1904, p. 252), conferring upon the county board of commissioners of Decatur county “all the powers and duties of the ordinary of Decatur county, so far as the same relate to roads, bridges, ferries,” did not confer upon such commissioners jurisdiction to remove obstructions from private ways. See, in this connection, Bailey v. Bazemore, 66 Ga. 537; Fortson v. Mattox, 67 Ga. 282.
2. The word “road,” in its popular sense, is a generic term including over- ' land ways of every character, but it has no fixed meaning in the law, the scope to be given it depending…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Fortson v. MattoxSupreme Court of Georgia · 1881
- Bailey v. BazemoreSupreme Court of Georgia · 1881
3Cited by10 opinions
- State of Ga. v. Toll Bridge AuthoritySupreme Court of Georgia · 1954
- Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Co. v. BlanchardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
- State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. CarltonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1970
- Bowen v. LewisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1946
- Hale v. SullivanSupreme Court of Colorado · 1961
5 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.