Durden v. Reynolds

Sears-Collins, Justice.

These appeals involve the proceeds of DeKalb County’s condemnation of seven acres of property on which it constructed a garbage facility. At dispute in Case No. S93A1708 is the pre-condemnation ownership of the condemned property. We find that the trial court erred in refusing to grant partial summary judgment to the appellant, Lizzie Durden, on that issue. At dispute in Case No. S94A0056 is whether the amount of the condemnation award should include the value of improvements to the property made by DeKalb County (“the County”) before initiating condemnation…