Stein Enterprises v. Chatham County

Cooper, Judge.

Appellant, Sommers Company, appeals the denial of its motion for new trial in a condemnation action in which the jury awarded the condemnees, appellant as lessee and Stein Enterprises as owner, $30,350 for the partial taking of a convenience store and gasoline station.

1. Appellant first claims that the trial court erred in allowing appellee’s counsel on cross-examination to ask appellant’s chief operating officer whether it was true that the officer founded a group of businesses that earned $85,000,000 in annual revenues. Appellant contends that this statement was so prejudicial…