Legal Opinion
Georgia Power Co. v. City of Decatur
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 2, 1930No. 7349PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPersons, J.
Acting under its charter powers as are conferred by the amendatory acts of the General Assembly (Ga. L. 1919, p. 934; 1924, p. 534), the City of Decatur through its commissioners passed ordinances in conformity thereto in the interest of public travel and street drainage, providing for the paving of East Ponce de Leon Avenue in said city, along and on which are located the street-railway tracks of the Georgia Railway and Electric Company, a corporation, operated under a franchise granted by said City. Said street-railway system was then in the control of and was being operated by the Georgia…
2Cases cited56 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Columbus Railway, Power & Light Co. v. City of ColumbusSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Branson v. BushSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Hancock v. City of MuskogeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Georgia Railway & Power Co. v. Town of DecaturSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Rainey v. Eatonton Co-Operative Creamery Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1943
- Georgia Power Co. v. City of DecaturSupreme Court of Georgia · 1931
- Georgia Power Co. v. City of DecaturSupreme Court of Georgia · 1934
- Lance v. CraneSupreme Court of Georgia · 1958
- Hardin v. ManrySupreme Court of Georgia · 1955
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