HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT v. BRANCH

23774.

222 Ga. 770 (1966)

152 S.E.2d 372

STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT v. BRANCH et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 23, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Richard L. Chambers, Harold N. Hill, Assistant Attorneys General, J. Patrick Ward, for appellant.

Reinhardt, Ireland, Whitley & Sims, John S. Sims, Jr., for appellees.


DUCKWORTH, Chief Justice.

The enactment of the so-called Outdoor Advertising Control Act (Ga. L. 1964, p. 128) was purely a legislative exercise in futility. Its sole purpose is to dictate, control and limit uses of private property for public purpose, without a semblance of provision for first paying for such taking or damaging. Anyone able and willing to read the Fifth Amendment (Code § 1-805), which provides...

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