Henry County v. RJR MANAGEMENT ONE, LLC

Phipps, Judge.

Henry County petitioned to condemn 0.194 acres of land owned by RJR Management One, LLC for a public road pursuant to OCGA § 32-3-4. A jury awarded RJR $300,000 as just and adequate compensation. On appeal, Henry County challenges the trial court’s admission of four deeds of sale on other properties as direct evidence of the condemned property’s value. Finding no error, we affirm.

Where the value of property is in dispute, evidence of sales of comparable property that is not too remote in point of time generally is admissible using one of the following methods: First, an expert…