State Highway Department v. Hendrix

Candler, Justice.

Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 36-11 of the Code of 1933, as amended by an act approved January 13, 1938 (Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 251), the State Highway Department filed a proceeding in rem to condemn and thus *822acquire fee-simple title to a described 3.733-acre tract of land in Chattooga County as a right-of-way for a State-aid road. The petition alleges on information and belief, that W. G. Hendrix is the apparent owner of the land sought to be condemned. It also alleges: “Because the petitioner believes that there may be taxes due on said land, and that the…