MCDONALD v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSP.

No. A00A2577.

544 S.E.2d 747 (2001)

247 Ga. App. 763

McDONALD et al. v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied February 1, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifton M. Patty, Jr., Christopher C. Young, Ringgold, for appellants.

Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen, R.O. Lerer, Senior asst. Atty. Gen., Ronald R. Womack, John T. Siess, LaFayette, for appellee.


BLACKBURN, Chief Judge.

In this condemnation action, Maxine McDonald and John Robert McDonald appeal a jury's award to them of $96,500 as just compensation for the taking of 3.509 acres by the Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT). On appeal, the McDonalds contend that they are entitled to a new trial because the trial court made numerous errors in its instructions to the jury. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse.

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