Supreme Court of Georgia October 27, 1885 (Dougherty County v. Tift)

lead-opinion

Blandford. Justice.

This was a proceeding on the part of the county of Dougherty to condemn certain lands of the defendant for the purpose of erecting a free bridge over Flint River near Albany. It was shown that Tift had in operation a toll-bridge near by, and that the erection of a free bridge would entirely destroy the value of Tift’s fridge.