State Highway Department v. Cochran

Hall, Judge.

In this case the State Highway Department, as plaintiff in error in this court, argues that the trial court erred in overruling two special grounds of its motion for new trial following a verdict of $21,500 for the condemnees for the taking of approximately 28 acres of land in Laurens County. Held:

Decided June 4, 1963 Rehearing denied June 19, 1963.

1. The condemnor assigns error on an excerpt from the charge on the ground that it was misleading and suggested to the jury that they could award both actual and consequential damages for the land actually taken, and also consequential…