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CITY OF ATLANTA v. MURPHY

16804.

206 Ga. 21 (1949)

55 S.E.2d 573

CITY OF ATLANTA et al. v. MURPHY et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 10, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. C. Savage, J. C. Murphy, J. M. B. Bloodworth, John E. Feagin, W. H. Reynolds, Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, W. V. Rice, T. V. Williams, and Cam Dorsey, Assistant Attorneys-General, for plaintiffs in error.

Coogler & Kemp and Carl T. Hudgins, contra.

HEAD, Justice.

The petition and evidence in this case show that the proposal to close a part of State Highway No. 85 (Atlanta Avenue) was at the instance of the City of Atlanta, pursuant to its plan to extend its municipal airport. The "Uniform Airports Law" (Code, Chapter 11-2), is a general law and confers broad and comprehensive powers upon "municipalities, counties, and other political subdivisions," to acquire (either...

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