Case Name: STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT et al. v. HOOKS
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1959-02-06
Citations: 214 Ga. 733
Docket Number: 20292
Parties: STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT et al. v. HOOKS.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 214
Pages: 733–733

Head Matter:
20292.
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT et al. v. HOOKS.
Submitted January 12, 1959
Decided February 6, 1959
Rehearing denied March 6, 1959.
Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, Paul Miller, E. J. Summer-our, Lamar Murdaugh, Assistant Attorneys-General, Ariel V. Conlin, John E. Hogg, Deputy Assistant Attorneys-General, Pnce, Spivey & Carlton, for plaintiffs in error.
Rountree & Rountree, contra.

Opinion:
Duckworth, Chief Justice.
The petition of Y. H. Hooks against the State Highway Department of Georgia, Emanuel County, Jerome Waller, W. L. Wilkes, and R. G. Foster & Company, alleges that the petitioner is the owner of certain described land; that the defendants have notified him of their intention to construct a highway thereon; and that, without having condemned his land or paid him for damages resulting therefrom, they have proceeded with the proposed construction, which will constitute a continuing trespass and the taking of petitioner's property for public use without due process and adequate compensation; and he prays that they be enjoined from trespassing on his property as alleged. The petition alleges a cause of action and the court did not err in overruling the general demurrers of the defendants.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.