Case Title: Best v. Georgia Power Company

Citation: 164 S.E.2d 125, 224 Ga. 669

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State: georgia

Court: Georgia Supreme Court

Date: 1968-10-10T00:00:00Z

Document:
224 Ga. 669 (1968) 164 S.E.2d 125 BEST v. GEORGIA POWER COMPANY. 24778. Supreme Court of Georgia. Submitted September 9, 1968. Decided October 10, 1968. Neville & Neville, G. Leonard Liggin, for appellant. Jones, Cork, Miller, & Benton, Wallace Miller, Jr., Colbert Hawkins, for appellee. DUCKWORTH, Chief Justice. The petition showing that at the time this action for legal and equitable relief was filed in the lower court, a petition to condemn the property in rem had already been filed, the defendant therein could not decline to litigate and seek to bring a separate action such as here. Code Ann. § 81A-113 (Ga. L. 1966, pp. 609, 625); Johnson v. Fulton County, 216 Ga. 498 (117 SE2d 155); Fulton County v. Aronson, 216 Ga. 497 (117 SE2d 166); Golfland, Inc. v. Thomas, 218 Ga. 747 (130 SE2d 591). Accordingly, the court did not err in dismissing the action. Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur.