Case Name: HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al.
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1980-03-11
Citations: 153 Ga. App. 819
Docket Number: 57421
Parties: HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al.
Judges: Quillian, P. J., and Smith, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 153
Pages: 819–820

Head Matter:
57421.
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al.
Argued March 12, 1979
Decided March 11, 1980.

Opinion:
Birdsong, Judge.
Our judgment in Housing Authority of City of Atlanta v. Southern R. Co., 150 Ga. App. 4 (256 SE2d 606) has been affirmed in all respects except as to the award of attorney fees, which was declared a non-compensable cost arising out of the exercise of the power of condemnation of private property. That portion of our judgment was reversed. Housing Authority of City of Atlanta v. Southern R. Co., 245 Ga. 229 (1980). Accordingly, in conformity with the mandate of the opinion of the Supreme Court, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed on condition that the condemnee Southern Railway Co. will write off the award of attorney fees; otherwise the judgment of the trial court is reversed.
Judgment affirmed on condition.
Quillian, P. J., and Smith, J., concur.
Charles M. Kidd, John A. Pickens, Woodrow W. Vaughan, Jr., for appellant.
Thomas B. Branch, III, Burke O. Archer, Eileen Crowley, for appellees.