DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. BONNETT

44301, 44302.

257 Ga. 189 (1987)

358 S.E.2d 245

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION v. BONNETT; and vice versa.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied April 24, 1987. And June 22, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Beverly B. Martin, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

J. Hugh Gordon, for appellee.


HUNT, Justice.

The trial court enjoined the Department of Transportation from proceeding with the widening of State Road 50, U. S. Highway 82 in Tift County (Planned Corridor Z), finding that the newly-widened road would constitute an inverse condemnation of plaintiff Myrtle Bonnett's enjoyment of her property.

Myrtle Bonnett purchased her current residence in the Brookfield community of Tift County from her sister in 1964. At that time the DOT already owned...

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