144 Ga. 727 | Ga. | 1916
Herbert Randall, Gussie Randall, Margaret Randall, Catron Randall, Beatrice Randall, and Lois Randall, in their own right, and B. P. Randall, suing as next friend for his minor children, Harvey Randall and Qobbie Randall, brought suit, on the 13th day of February, 1912, against the Town of Decatur, alleging that petitioners were the owners of a tract of land in DeKalb County fronting on a main street in the Town of Decatur, and were in actual possession of the same; and that the municipal aur thorities widened the street and in doing so took and appropriated a strip of land off of the .said tract without instituting any proceedings to condemn or ascertain the value thereof. Petitioners asked judgment for the value of the land taken. The defendant filed an answer denying the essential allegations of the petition. Under the charge of the court the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs. The defendant made a motion for a new trial, which was denied, and it excepted.
Our ruling upon the admissibility of the deeds referred to above renders it unnecessary for us to discuss the ground of the motion for a new trial based upon the charge of the court in which the jury were instructed that the deeds were sufficient to put such title in the plaintiffs as would authorize a recovery in this case.
Judgment reversed.