City of Atlanta v. Sig Samuels Laundry & Dry Cleaning

Melton, Justice.

The City of Atlanta (“City”) appeals from an order of the Superior Court of Fulton County which required the City to, among other things, compensate Sig Samuels Laundry and Dry Cleaning (“Sig Samuels”) for a purported taking of Sig Samuels’ property in connection with the installation of a sidewalk on the City’s own right-of-way. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

Sig Samuels is a laundry and dry cleaning company located at the intersection of Monroe Drive and Eighth Street in the City of Atlanta. The primary parking at Sig Samuels is a parking pad on Monroe Drive,…