Legal Opinion
Forsyth County v. Martin
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 7, 2005No. S04A2031, S04X2032PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENHAM, Justice.
This case revolves around the legal effect of the property interests of lakefront property owners on the decision whether to breach or to repair the earthen dam that impounds the lake, as ordered by the Environmental Protection Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, acting pursuant to the Georgia Safe Dams Act, OCGA § 12-5-370 et seq. Forsyth County appeals the judgment entered against it in a lawsuit brought by the lakefront homeowners in which the trial court directed a verdict that Forsyth County owned the earthen dam, and the jury, given the choice of…
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