Department of Transportation v. Lowery

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

The condemnor appeals from a jury verdict awarding the condemnee $17,000 for the taking of .140 acre of commercial property and a temporary construction easement to allow improvement and widening of State Highway 54 in Clayton County. Held:

1. Condemnor contends a new trial should have been granted because the trial court allowed the condemnee to unduly prejudice the jury by referring to the condemnor’s staff appraiser and chief value witness as a “professional witness.” We do not agree. The transcript discloses that on direct examination this witness established his…