147 Ga. 532 | Ga. | 1918
Confining the ruling to the precise issue involved in the first question, the act clearly contemplates damage to the land included within the drainage district, and recognizes the right of the owners thereof to have just compensation for the value of the land taken and for any inconvenience imposed thereon because of the improvements. As a general rule, if a right to compensation exists or is created by an act of the character under consideration,1 and no remedy is provided, a common-law action will lie. If the initiative is upon the drainage commission, and it fails to have the damage assessed, the landowner may have resort to his common-law