Faison v. Division of Administration, State, Department of Transportation

This is an appeal from a final order in a suit for inverse condemnation holding there was no taking of appellant’s property.

Appellant contends that her property has been taken by appellees through flooding resulting from the reconstruction and paving of a former dirt road in front of her house. Appellant’s witnesses testified that her property has been flooded at times in the past and has been wetter since the construction than it was prior thereto. With the construction, appellees built ditches along the new road in front of appellant’s home and appellant testified the water does not…