Legal Opinion
Taylor v. Richmond County
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 8, 1938No. 12039PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Atkinson, Presiding Justice.
The question propounded by the Court of Appeals relates to liability of a county for taking and damaging private property, caused by acts of the State Highway Board; not to liability of the county for damages caused by its individual wrong. The "taking and damaging” xefer to taking and damaging property for public purposes. The language is broader "than injury to person or property caused by reason of defects in a public bridge, and does not bring the case within the statute embodied in the Code, § 95-1001, which provides that counties “shall be primarily liable…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Smith v. Floyd CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
- Millwood v. DeKalb CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
- Tounsel v. State Highway DepartmentSupreme Court of Georgia · 1935
- Lee County v. Mayor of SmithvilleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
- State Highway Board v. BaxterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1928
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Florida State Hospital for the Insane v. Durham Iron Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1942
- Powell v. Ledbetter Bros.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- Purser v. Dodge CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- State Highway Department v. H. G. Hastings Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1938
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