INTERNATIONAL PAPER REALTY CORPORATION v. Miller

Gregory, Justice.

The condemnor in this case, International Paper Realty Corporation, owns 57.69 acres in Baldwin County, bordered on the north and east by lands owned by condemnee Billy Miller, and bordered entirely on the south and west by Lake Sinclair, a navigable waterway. Contending it has no reasonable means of access to its property, the con-demnor petitioned under OCGA § 44-9-40 1 et seq., for a private way across the condemnee’s property. Following a hearing the trial court denied the petition for a private way, concluding the condemnor failed to carry its burden of proving that…