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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSP. v. WOODS

No. S97G0993.

494 S.E.2d 507 (1998)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION v. WOODS et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied February 9, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cathy Ann Cox-Brakefield, Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, Charles A. Evans, Marietta, for the Department of Transportation.

Michael Robert Wing, Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele, LLC, Marietta, for William Dale Woods et al.

Beryl H. Weiner, Atlanta, Amicus Appellant.

SEARS, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this matter to consider the Court of Appeals' ruling that Article I, Section III, Paragraph I(d) of the Georgia Constitution, read in conjunction with OCGA § 9-15-14, permits trial courts to award attorney fees to condemnees in eminent domain cases. We agree with the Court of Appeals that our present constitutional and statutory schemes do permit the award of attorney fees in...

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