Dixie Textile Waste Co. v. Oglethorpe Power Corp.

Judge Harold R. Banke.

Oglethorpe Power Corporation filed a petition to condemn an easement on land owned by the appellant, Dixie Textile Waste Company, for the installation of an electric power line. A special master awarded the appellant $3,326.40 as the fair market value of the condemned property. The appellant appealed to the superior court, challenging the special master’s finding as to the property’s value, and the jury awarded the appellant $9,000. This appeal followed.

1. The appellant contends the trial court erred in excluding expert testimony regarding the public fear of electric…