Legal Opinion
Department of Transportation v. Sharpe
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 15, 1994No. A94A1163PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Blackburn, Judge.
Condemnor, Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) appeals from a jury verdict and judgment for the condemnees, R. G. Sharpe and Dabney Sharpe, personally and as the administrator of the estate of C. W. Sharpe. The underlying condemnation action went to trial for a determination of the fair market value of 19.289 acres of land and 8,000,000 tons of limestone deposits on the land. The jury awarded $650,000 for the value of the property, including the limestone deposits. On appeal, the DOT asserts that several errors occurred at trial.
1. In its first enumeration of error,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Department of Transportation v. 2.734 Acres of LandCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
- MacOn-bibb County Water & Sewerage Authority v. ReynoldsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
- Loper v. DruryCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
- Raiford v. Deparment of TransportationCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
- Patterson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Gunn v. Department of TransportationCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
- Department of Transportation v. BridgesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
- Department of Transportation v. ArnoldCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
- Department of Transportation v. SharpeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
- Department of Transportation v. SharpeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
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