· 2/8/1999
Columbia County v. Doolittle
Citations
- 512 S.E.2d 236
- 270 Ga. 490
- 99 Fulton County D. Rep. 539
- 1999 Ga. LEXIS 116
How courts have described this case
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- recognizing that counties may be sued in inverse condemnation for a continuing nuisance
- finding that injunctive relief was overbroad where evidence presented at trial showed that compliance with proposed relief was impossible
- explaining that the eminent domain provision of the Georgia Constitution waives sovereign immunity in an inverse condemnation action, and therefore, a county may be sued for damages and enjoined for creating or maintaining a nuisance
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Judges: Fletcher
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