Brooks v. Department of Transportation

254 Ga. 60 (1985)

327 S.E.2d 175

BROOKS

v.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION et al.

41548.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 4, 1985.

Rehearing Denied March 14, 1985.

Dillard, Greer, Westmoreland & Wilson, George P. Dillard, for appellant.

Joseph E. Cheeley, George J. Hearn III, for appellees.

SMITH, Justice.

Appellee, the State Department of Transportation, filed suit to condemn 1.873 acres of appellant's land. Appellant counterclaimed for dismissal of the condemnation and for damages. Appellant later filed suit seeking prejudgment and postjudgment interest higher than the statutory rates. The trial…