Happoldt v. Monroe County

Andrews, Presiding Judge.

James M. Happoldt, Jr. accepted the superior court’s award of $18,585 as compensation for real property owned by him and taken in a condemnation action brought by Monroe County pursuant to OCGA § 32-3-1 et seq. Happoldt appeals from the court’s order in the condemnation action finding he was indebted to the County and distributing a portion of the compensation fund to the County to satisfy the debt. We find the superior court had no authority under the condemnation procedures to rule on the County’s motion seeking to establish that the condemnee, Happoldt, was…