Legal Opinion

Carroll v. DeKalb County

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 9, 1961No. 21158PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Grice, Justice.

The trial court denied the request of a property owner for interlocutory injunction against a proceeding by the county to condemn a portion of her real estate for road purposes. The material facts may be summarized as follows:

DeKalb County instituted condemnation proceedings to acquire from Mrs. Veatrice Lewis Carroll and others a strip' of land measuring 16 feet on one side and 18.6 feet on the other, and extending 86 feet along their frontage contiguous to- the existing right of way on Main Street in Tucker, Georgia.

Mrs. Carroll was the only defendant to file pleadings. Her…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. East Atlanta Land Co. v. MowerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
  2. Piedmont Cotton Mills v. Georgia Railway & Electric Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1908
  3. Dunaway v. WindsorSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
  4. Brown v. City of East PointSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
  5. Bayard v. HargroveSupreme Court of Georgia · 1872

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Walker v. DuncanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  2. Smith v. BruceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
  3. Ross v. Hall County Board of CommissionersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  4. Smith v. State of Ga.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  5. Young v. Sweetbriar, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1966

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