Case Name: Hardin v. State Highway Board of Georgia
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1938-03-18
Citations: 57 Ga. App. 585
Docket Number: 26410
Parties: Hardin v. State Highway Board of Georgia.
Judges: Stephens, P. J., and Felton, J., coneur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 57
Pages: 585–585

Head Matter:
26410.
Hardin v. State Highway Board of Georgia.
Decided March 18, 1938.
Charles Pigue, for plaintiff.
J. M. C. Townsend, W. Glenn Thomas, W. W. Armistead, for defendant.

Opinion:
Sutton, J.
"An action can not be brought directly and primarily against the State Highway Department for damages on account of unlawful appropriation of private property for construction of a road taken over by the State Highway Department under the State-aid system." Hardin v. State Highway Board, 185 Ga. 614 (196 S. E. 40). Accordingly, the court properly sustained the demurrer to the plaintiff's petition.
Judgment affirmed.
Stephens, P. J., and Felton, J., coneur.