--- title: O.C.G.A. § 22-2-135. Appointment of assessors; discretion of judge to have issues tried in first instance by jury. collection: code id: 22-2-135 cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 22-2-135 (2025) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-135 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-135.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-135/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t22-t23-(v19)-2020-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=a1dfc71e_0#page=158 date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-134.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-136.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md version: the only printed version in_force: true current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly heading_path: EMINENT DOMAIN / CONDEMNATION PROCEDURE GENERALLY / PROCEEDING BEFORE COURT --- # O.C.G.A. § 22-2-135. Appointment of assessors; discretion of judge to have issues tried in first instance by jury. On the day named in the order made pursuant to Code Section 22-2-132, or at any other time to which the hearing may be continued, the court, having first passed on and adjudged all questions touching service and notice, shall, after hearing from all persons responding and desiring to be heard, make such order as to the appointment of assessors as shall conform most nearly to Article 1 of this chapter and give all interested persons equal rights in the selection thereof. If, by reason of conflicting interests or otherwise, such equality of right cannot be preserved, the judge shall himself make such order on the subject as shall secure a fair and impartial assessment or may in his discretion order the issues tried in the first instance by a jury. In any event, it shall be within the power of the court to hear the cause as speedily as may be consistent with justice and due process of law. ## History Ga. L. 1914, p. 92, § 4; Code 1933, § 36-1109.