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D.O.T. v. SOUTHEAST TIMERLANDS

Nos. A03A1537, A03A2195.

589 S.E.2d 575 (2003)

263 Ga. App. 805

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION v. SOUTHEAST TIMBERLANDS, INC. Southeast Timberlands, Inc. v. Department of Transportation.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied October 28, 2003.

Certiorari Denied March 1, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Smith & Jenkins, Wilson R. Smith, Vidalia, Anne W. Sapp, for appellant.

Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, James L. Paul, Matthew J. McCoyd, Atlanta, for appellee.

PHIPPS, Judge.

The Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) filed a condemnation petition in the Superior Court of Chatham County to acquire approximately 378 acres of land for $285,000. DOT wanted the land "to mitigate damages to wetlands being destroyed by the construction" of a nearby state road. The landowner, Southeast Timberlands, Inc. (Southeast), opposed the petition and demanded greater compensation. A jury awarded...

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