Five Forks, LLC v. Department of Transportation

Ruffin, Judge.

Five Forks, LLC (“Five Forks”) held an option to purchase a parcel of land. Over two years after the option expired, the Georgia Department of Transportation (“DOT”) filed a petition to condemn the property. In the condemnation proceedings, Five Forks asserted that, based on the purchase option, it had a compensable interest in the property. Finding that the option had expired more than two years before the taking, the trial court granted DOT’s motion for summary judgment against Five Forks. Five Forks appeals, and for reasons that follow, we affirm.

Summary judgment is…