Skipper v. Department of Transportation

Cooper, Judge.

This appeal results from appellant’s challenge to the condemnation of appellant’s property as part of a road widening project by the Department of Transportation (“DOT”). The DOT condemned two permanent easements — “a permanent easement... for the right to construct and maintain a slope” and “a permanent easement... for the right to construct and maintain drainage.” The condemned property includes road frontage and also has a concrete block, two story building on it, which has been leased to tenants over the years. Appellant filed a motion to set aside the taking asserting that…