Scarborough v. Hunter

Melton, Justice.

This case involves a dispute over the potential abandonment of Winding Bluff Road by Stephens County and its Board of Commissioners. The road was accepted by the County as a public road in 2007, but, by 2010, the County had decided to initiate statutory abandonment procedures. On July 2, 2010, the Board sent out notice that it intended to hold an abandonment hearing regarding Winding Bluff Road on July 27, 2010. On July 19, 2010, a number of landowners 2 along Winding Bluff Road filed a complaint for a writ of mandamus, asking that the County be forced to repair and maintain…