Department of Transportation v. Pitman

Pope, Presiding Judge.

In 1987, condemnor Department of Transportation filed a condemnation petition acquiring .615 acres of land located on the east *798side of Interstate 75. The land was owned by condemnee Chevron U. S. A., Inc. and leased to condemnee Norman Jack Pitman, who operated a Chevron station on the land. Dissatisfied with the amount DOT offered for their respective property interests, both Chevron and Pitman appealed the condemnation in superior court. Chevron, however, resolved its dispute with DOT prior to trial, and it was dismissed as a party. The only issue at trial concerned…