Department of Transportation v. Freeman

Sognier, Judge.

Robert Freeman and the other owners of 2.627 acres of land at the “Brookwood Interchange” of 1-75 and 1-85 in Atlanta were awarded $400,000 by the jury in this condemnation proceeding. The Department of Transportation appeals from the trial court’s denial of its motion for new trial.

The property in question is landlocked between the interstate highways and the property owned by Southern Railroad, which operates the Brookwood Station. In an earlier appeal, in which the facts of this case are set forth more fully, we reversed the jury verdict for the trial court’s failure to give…