Legal Opinion
Faulkner v. Georgia Power Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 8, 1979No. 34655PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Justice.
This is the second appearance of this case in this court. See Faulkner v. Ga. Power Co., 241 Ga. 618 (247 SE2d 80) (1978). The appellants, residents of Redding Road in DeKalb County, sued Georgia Power Company to enjoin the construction and electrification of a high-voltage transmission line within the right-of-way of Redding Road, and for a declaratory judgment that the proposed line is an additional servitude and is thus a taking of their property insofar as they own the underlying fee in Redding Road. Upon this basis, they sought damages for inverse condemnation, nuisance…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority v. DatrySupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- City of Albany v. LippittSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
- Brown v. City of East PointSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
- Atlanta & West Point Railroad v. Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Donalson v. Georgia Power & Light Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1932
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Municipal Electric Authority v. Gold-Arrow Farms, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2005
- Land USA, LLC v. Georgia Power CompanySupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
- DeKalb County v. Georgia Power Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Wilann Properties I, LLC v. Georgia Power Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
- Reece v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
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