Case Name: McDANIEL ENTERPRISES INC. v. GWINNETT COUNTY
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1982-05-24
Citations: 162 Ga. App. 419
Docket Number: 63783
Parties: McDANIEL ENTERPRISES INC. v. GWINNETT COUNTY.
Judges: McMurray, P. J., and Banke, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 162
Pages: 419–420

Head Matter:
63783.
McDANIEL ENTERPRISES INC. v. GWINNETT COUNTY.
Decided May 24, 1982.
Henry R. Bauer, Jr., for appellant.

Opinion:
Birdsong, Judge.
The sole enumeration of error made in this condemnation case is that the trial court erred in charging the jury: "In determining the value of property... you are restricted to uses which may be lawfully made of it at the time of the taking as set out in the zoning ordinances then in effect." It is alleged that, contrary to the leading case of Civils v. Fulton County, 108 Ga. App. 793, 796-797 (134 SE2d 453), this charge restricted the jury from considering the highest and best use testified to, industrial, in determining fair market value.
The charge given was not correct. In determining value the jury may consider existing zoning and possible or probable future zoning changes which are sufficiently likely to have an appreciable influence upon the present market value. See Code Ann. § 36-505. However, we find no harm. The evidence shows the condemned property was zoned for industrial use at the time of taking, so we do not see how the charge, by restricting consideration of use to the present zoning use (industrial) prevented the jury from considering this property's highest and best use, which appellant contends is industrial.
Judgment affirmed.
McMurray, P. J., and Banke, J., concur.
James A. Henderson, for appellee.