Department of Transportation v. Jordan

ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.

On appeal from the judgment entered on a jury’s condemnation award of $400,000 to property owner Nora Ann Jordan, the Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) argues that the trial court erred when it admitted evidence of value in light of a possible rezoning of Jordan’s property and when it charged the jury on the subject. We disagree and affirm.

On appeal from a trial court’s entry of judgment on a jury’s verdict in a condemnation action, “this court is bound to construe the evidence with every inference and presumption being in favor of upholding the jury’s…