Old South Bottle Shop, Inc. v. Department of Transportation

Benham, Judge.

Appellee condemned property owned by appellant Brown and occupied by a business operated by appellant Old South Bottle Shop, Inc., a corporation owned by Brown and appellant Saraf. At trial, the jury awarded Brown $318,000 for the property and awarded the corporate appellant $77,000 for business losses. Appellants enumerate as error the denial of their motion for new trial, the refusal of the trial court to give a requested charge on business losses, the giving of a charge limiting the jury’s consideration of business losses to lost profits, and the exclusion of testimony by a…