Case Name: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION v. MERRITT et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1979-01-30
Citations: 243 Ga. 52
Docket Number: 34334
Parties: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION v. MERRITT et al.
Judges: All the Justices concur, except Nichols, C. J., and Hill, J., who concur in the judgment only.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 243
Pages: 52–52

Head Matter:
34334.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION v. MERRITT et al.
Argued January 15, 1979 —
Decided January 30, 1979.
Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Opinion:
Bowles, Justice.
The writ of certiorari was granted by this court on November 8, 1978, to review Division 4 of the Court of Appeals' opinion which upheld the trial court's award of attorney fees to the condemnee. DeKalb County v. Trustees &c., B. P. O. Elks, 242 Ga. 707 (1978) now controls, and would require a reversal of the award of attorney fees.
Judgment reversed.
All the Justices concur, except Nichols, C. J., and Hill, J., who concur in the judgment only.