Dep't of Transporation v. Ashcroft Dev., LLC

HUNTER, JR., ROBERT N. Judge.

The Department of Transportation ("DOT") appeals from a judgment entered 21 April 2015 granting Ashcroft Development, LLC's ("Ashcroft") Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings which awarded Ashcroft the DOT's estimate of just compensation for a taking previously deposited with the Clerk of Court of Rockingham County. We affirm the trial court's judgment granting Ashcroft's Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

DOT instituted this action against Ashcroft on 19 July 2010 to condemn portions of real property owned by Ashcroft. On 29…