Department of Transportation v. Arnold

Smith, Judge.

This appeal arises from a condemnation proceeding in which the jury returned a verdict of $39,088.50 as fair and just compensation for appellant’s taking of 7.107 acres of land owned by appellees. Appellant contends that the trial court erred in overruling its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. We affirm.

At trial, appellees sought to prove that appellant’s valuation of the condemned acreage was below its market value and thus would not provide appellees with "just compensation” for the taking of their land. In support of this contention, appellees introduced…