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McCORD v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF ATLANTA

36398.

246 Ga. 547 (1980)

273 S.E.2d 404

McCORD v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 24, 1980.

Rehearing Denied October 15, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. W. Latimore, Jr., for appellant.

Lenwood Jackson, for appellee.

BOWLES, Justice.

In 1955 the legislature enacted The Urban Redevelopment Law, Code Ann. § 69-1101 et seq., to "provide for the rehabilitation, clearance and redevelopment of slums in cities and towns in this State." Ga. Laws, p. 354. Under The Urban Redevelopment Law a municipality was given the right to "exercise the power of eminent domain [over] any real property it may deem necessary for its purposes." Ga. Laws, p. 363; Code Ann. § 69-1108. Exercise...

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