Shepherd Interiors, Inc. v. City of Atlanta

Smith, Chief Judge.

Shepherd Interiors, Inc. appeals from the judgment entered on a jury verdict in a condemnation case, asserting as error a number of evidentiary rulings by the trial court. Because we find the trial court erred both in refusing Shepherd the opportunity to interview the City of Atlanta’s undisclosed witness and in refusing to admit evidence to impeach that witness, we reverse.

Shepherd owned a parcel of property on Roswell Road adjoining Nancy Creek. The City of Atlanta condemned Shepherd’s property as part of the Nancy Creek Tunnel Project. The parties disagreed on the value…