If the two assessors selected by the condemnor and the condemnee do not agree upon a third assessor within five days after the selection of the second assessor, the judge of the superior court of the county where the property or interest is situated shall, upon application of either party, of which the other shall have notice, make the selection.
(Ga. L. 1894, p. 95, § 15; Civil Code 1895, § 4671; Civil Code 1910, § 5220; Code 1933, § 36-402.)