Legal Opinion
Scarborough v. Hunter
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 11, 2013No. S13A0060PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NAHMIAS, Justice.
This case involves a decision by the Stephens County Board of Commissioners (the “Board”) to abandon a 3,000-foot-long, dead-end county road, known as “Winding Bluff Road” (the “Road”), which runs along the side of a mountain and serves no existing homes or businesses. Owners of some undeveloped lots on the Road and others sued the Board, and the trial court set aside the abandonment decision. Based on that ruling, the court issued a writ of mandamus requiring the Board to repair and maintain the Road. The court also ordered the Board to pay attorney fees and later granted…
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