Department of Transportation v. Morris

Deen, Presiding Judge.

On September 4, 1986, appellant Department of Transportation (DOT) instituted condemnation proceedings against certain property owned by appellee Carroll Morris. Morris was personally served with the petition on September 6, 1986; thirty-one days later, on October 7, 1986, he filed his untimely notice of appeal. Pursuant to OCGA § 32-3-8 (f) citation was published on September 11 and September 18, 1986. On October 23, 1986, thirty-five days after the publication of the last citation, a joint notice of appeal was filed by appellees Morris’s, Inc. and C & L Gifts and…