State Highway Department v. Thomas

Whitman, Judge.

1. This case arises out of a condemnation action proceeding under the "quick-taking” method for state-aid road purposes.

The appeal is by the condemnor from the "compensation judgment.” Such judgment is required to be entered up in every case (Code Ann. § 36-1307; Ga. L. 1961, pp. 517, 525, as amended), and is a final judgment from which an appeal may be taken. State Hwy. Dept. v. Kirchmeyer, 114 Ga. App. 433 (152 SE2d 17). The motion to dismiss the appeal is without merit.

2. In this case the condemnee, after having filed an appeal to a jury on the issue of compensation, then…