Adams v. Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta

Hall, Judge.

After an appeal to the superior court from an award of $5,860 by the assessors in a condemnation proceeding, the condemnee appeals from a verdict and judgment of $5,200 as compensation for his property. The condemnee’s enumerations of error are that the condemnor failed to prove the allegations of its petition relating to its authority to condemn and the necessity for taking the property, and that the trial court charged the jury that the condemnor by law had the right to condemn the property and the only issue in the case was the market value of the property.

The condemnee…