In the event the Western and Atlantic Railroad is unable to obtain title to real estate or other property from the owner or owners thereof by contract, lease, or purchase, it may obtain such title by condemnation, the rights to be acquired by it and the amount of compensation to be paid by it therefor to be assessed and determined in the manner provided in Parts 2 through 5 of Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 22.
(Ga. L. 1918, p. 253, § 3; Ga. L. 1918, p. 254, § 2; Code 1933, § 91-303.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
C.J.S.
- 29A C.J.S., Eminent Domain, § 24 et seq.
ALR.- Compensation for, or extent of rights acquired by, taking of land, as affected by condemner's promissory statements as to character of use or undertakings to be performed by it, 7 A.L.R.2d 364.
Right to intervene in court review of zoning proceeding, 46 A.L.R.2d 1059.
Admissibility, in eminent domain proceeding, of evidence as to price paid for condemned real property during pendency of the proceeding, 55 A.L.R.2d 781.
Admissibility, in eminent domain proceeding, of evidence as to price paid for condemned real property on sale prior to the proceeding, 55 A.L.R.2d 791.
Eminent domain: right of owner of land not originally taken or purchased as part of adjacent project to recover, on enlargement of project to include adjacent land, enhanced value of property by reason of proximity to original land - state cases, 95 A.L.R.3d 752.
Eminent domain: recovery of value of improvements made with knowledge of impending condemnation, 98 A.L.R.3d 504.
State statute of limitations applicable to inverse condemnation or similar proceedings by landowner to obtain compensation for direct appropriation of land without the institution or conclusion of formal proceedings against specific owner, 26 A.L.R.4th 68.