Barrow v. City of Atlanta

Birdsong, Chief Judge.

Appellant, Paul V. Barrow, Jr., a real estate developer, was the owner of unimproved real estate in North Fulton County, located between Old Alabama Road and the Chattahoochee River. The City of Atlanta and Fulton County condemned 6.212 acres of appellant’s land for use as a water intake and pumping station, and an access road from Old Alabama Road to the station. The case was referred to a special master who awarded $363,108 for the take. Appellants being dissatisfied with this amount appealed for a jury trial. The jury awarded appellant $243,423 and appellant moved for…