The city often takes charge of trees around power lines and on city land. Many homeowners and business owners think of these trees as their own, but the reality is that the city can come in and trim them or take them down entirely if they’re considered “danger trees."...
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Gas Pipeline Planned For Georgia; Evans And Rhodes, LLC Attorney Explains Public Use
Atlanta Gas Light (AGL) is planning a pipeline to run through Coweta Co. among other locations in Georgia. Evans and Rhodes, LLC represents land owners along the planed pipeline corridor. According to the article, “AGL has laid 33,000 miles of pipelines across...
Boston Creek holdings, LLLP v. Amicalola Electrical Membership Corporation (Bartow County Superior Court, Civil Action File No. 09-CV-1034)
The Court ruled that the AEMC’s practice requiring its members to surrender property rights in exchange for electric service violates the United States Constitution and the laws of the state.
Evans & Rhodes, LLC Negotiates $650,000 Settlement In High Voltage Electric Transmission Line Case
A property owner in western Coweta Co. agreed to a $650,000 settlement with Georgia Transmission Corporation (GTC). GTC condemned the property in order to construct a high voltage electric transmission line that crossed the client’s property. Three large towers were...
Moultrie Jury Awards $215,000 For Impairment Of Access
A Colquitt Co. jury awarded skating rink business owners $215,000 after the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) condemned a portion of the owners’ property. The jury found that GDOT substantially impaired access to the site when it removed the existing front...
Evans & Rhodes, LLC Negotiates $500,000 Business Loss Settlement For Two Businesses
After the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) condemned two properties in Cartersville, GA, Evans & Rhodes, LLC negotiated a business loss settlement for the large national breakfast chain and convenience store located on the adjacent properties. Each...
Pool Business Settles For $750,000
A pool business in Cartersville, GA settled with Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) for $750,000. By condemning two-thirds of the site, including all of the display area, GDOT’s condemnation would have left the site unfit for continued use as a high-end...
Surveys Continue As Palmetto Pipeline Awaits Appeal
SavanahNow.com (Savanah Daily News) Posted: June 13, 2015 – 9:56pm | Updated: June 14, 2015 – 1:37pm By Mary Landers Michael Maddox thought he wouldn’t have to deal with pipeline surveyors again after transportation officials rejected Kinder Morgan’s Palmetto...
New Pipelines Fuel Fights Over Property
Oil and gas boom fuels increase in pipelines and eminent domain fights www.ajc.com Moreland — The nation’s oil and gas boom brings cheaper fuel, and real heartache, to thousands of Georgia families who benefit from, or suffer alongside, the thousands of miles of...
2 Land-Grab Cases, 2 Losses For GA. Power
The power company condemned seven acres of the Atlanta couple’s property along a ridge where the Joneses were planning to erect vacation cabins. Then utility loggers began clear-cutting forest in sight of the couple’s newly built lodge, said their Cartersville...