Department of Transportation v. Cochran

160 Ga. App. 583 (1981)

287 S.E.2d 599

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

v.

COCHRAN et al.

62553.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided November 10, 1981.

Rehearing Denied December 3, 1981.

Conley Ingram, Robert D. McCallum, Jr., for appellant.

David H. Flint, for appellees.

DEEN, Presiding Judge.

1. In condemnation cases where comparable sales are offered in evidence to explain the value testimony of expert witnesses, it is frequently held that mere options and other unaccepted offers to purchase or sell are inadmissible as having no substantial probative value. See Dept. of Transp. v. Simon, 151 Ga. App. 807…