Department of Transportation v. Collins

Beasley, Judge.

DOT appeals in this condemnation case, claiming four errors in evidentiary rulings made by the trial court during the condemnees’ appeal to a jury. OCGA § 32-3-16.

The condemnation was of 1.966 acres on both sides of a state highway. Two advertising signs were located on the condemned property, one on each side of the road. During its case, DOT attempted to show that it had purchased one of the signs from the company which DOT contended owned it. This evidence, however, was disallowed and forms the basis of DOT’S fourth enumeration. The third enumeration claims error in the…