Court Opinion

ID: 9586655
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 23:13:46.525735+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:32:46.879686
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Hawkins, Justice,
dissenting. The plaintiff’s original petition prayed: “That the court declare the rights of all the parties hereto with reference to the completion of the demolition of the building on the Expressway side of the new property lines; and the clearing of the right-of-way for the completion of said Expressway; and the performance of such duties laid upon, and the exercise of such rights as may be declared to be vested in, petitioner with respect to the matters set forth herein.” Without reaching the question of whether the cross-action states a good cause of action against the Highway Department for the damaging of private property for a public purpose, I dissent from the ruling in the 3rd division of the opinion that the matters therein referred to are not germane to the plaintiff’s petition, and from the affirmance of that judgment. Spears v. Scott, 111 Ga. 745 (36 S. E. 950); Verginadis v. Atlanta Milling Co., 173 Ga. 626 (1) (160 S. E. 800); Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Callaway, 215 Ga. 684 (113 S. E. 2d 136).
I am authorized to say that Mr. Chief Justice Duckworth and Mr. Presiding Justice Head concur in this dissent.