Legal Opinion
City of Atlanta v. Petkas
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 17, 1984No. 41174PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Justice.
This appeal calls into question the right of the City of Atlanta to condemn an easement to construct an underground pedestrian tunnel to a Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) station. The trial court found the city and MARTA acted in bad faith and enjoined the exercise of the right of eminent domain. The condemnors appeal and we reverse.
This is the second condemnation action filed against appellees. Both actions originally sought to condemn the property involved here. In the first proceeding the right-of-way for the tunnel was included with other lands of the…
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