COLUMBIA COUNTY v. DOOLITTLE

No. S98A1923.

512 S.E.2d 236 (1999)

270 Ga. 490

COLUMBIA COUNTY v. DOOLITTLE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied March 5, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William James Keogh, III, Douglas D. Batchelor, Jr., Patrick J. Rice, Hull, Towill, Norman & Barrett, Augusta, for Columbia County, Georgia.

Ben Swain McElmurray, Jr., Augusta, for S.E. Doolittle.


FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

In this inverse condemnation action, a jury found that Columbia County was responsible for maintaining a continuing nuisance that amounted to a taking under the Georgia Constitution and awarded damages, attorney's fees, and costs to property owner S.E. Doolittle. In its 24 enumerations of error, the county argues that it should have been granted a directed verdict on the inverse condemnation and damages claims, and the trial court misapplied...

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