Legal Opinion
Lee County v. Mayor of Smithville
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 23, 1922No. 3095PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
*555The contention that the board of commissioners of roads and revenues of Lee County can establish a public road only by the method provided in the Civil Code (1910), §§ 640 et seq., is not sound. This method is not exclusive, but is cumulative. Where lands are dedicated by their owners for a public road, the county authorities in charge of laying out and constructing public highways can accept such dedications, and open and build a new public road thereon, without complying with the requirements of said sections of the Code. Pmiele v. County of Morgan, 131…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Atkin v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Hayden v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1884
- State v. AtkinSupreme Court of Kansas · 1902
- Penick v. County of MorganSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908
- Byars v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Barham v. GrantSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
- Anderson v. LynchSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- Hyde v. ChappellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
- Taylor v. Richmond CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
- Elberton Southern Railway Co. v. State Highway DepartmentSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955
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