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TWIGGS COUNTY v. ATLANTA GAS LIGHT CO.

S92A0494, S92A0493, S92A0497.

262 Ga. 276 (1992)

417 S.E.2d 13

TWIGGS COUNTY et al. v. ATLANTA GAS LIGHT COMPANY et al. TWIGGS COUNTY et al. v. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY et al. TWIGGS COUNTY et al. v. GEORGIA POWER COMPANY et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 12, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sinnreich & Francisco, Elizabeth R. Francisco, John R. Francisco, for Twiggs County et al.

Jones, Cork & Miller, H. Jerome Strickland, W. Kerry Howell, for Southern Bell.

Troutman, Sanders, Lockerman & Ashmore, Donald W. Janney, for Georgia Power.

Chambless, Higdon & Carson, Joseph H. Chambless, Thomas F. Richardson, for Atlanta Gas Light.

FLETCHER, Justice.

Twiggs County seeks to uphold the validity of a county resolution and ordinance that regulate the use of county roads by utilities. Since both enactments exceed the county's authority, we affirm the trial court's injunction against their enforcement.

In 1987, Twiggs County encountered problems with damage to its roads from the use of county roads and rights-of-way by utilities. The Twiggs County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution...

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