Department of Transportation v. Dent

Banke, Judge.

The appellees own an auto dealership cum gas station in Jesup. In order to widen a street, the appellant condemned a small portion of the land upon which this business is located, and, dissatisfied with the appellant’s appraisal, the appellees appealed to a jury for a determination of just and adequate compensation. The jury returned a verdict considerably in excess of the appellant’s offer, and this appeal follows from the judgment entered thereon.

1. The appellant enumerates as error the admission in evidence of testimony by the appellees’ accountant as to the reduction in the…