Case Name: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION v. GORDON et al.
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1979-01-18
Citations: 148 Ga. App. 713
Docket Number: 56515
Parties: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION v. GORDON et al.
Judges: Bell, C. J., concurs. Birdsong, J., concurs specially.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 148
Pages: 713–714

Head Matter:
56515.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION v. GORDON et al.
Argued September 19, 1978
Decided January 18, 1979.
Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, McCurdy & Candler, George H. Carley, for appellant.
James C. Howard, Jr., M. Hardeman Blackshear, for appellees.

Opinion:
Shulman, Judge.
We granted appellant's application for interlocutory review to determine whether the superior court had authority in this condemnation proceeding to order separate trials with respect to the interests of each condemnee, to wit, the fee simple owner and two lessees.
This case is controlled adversely to appellees by D. O. T. v. Olshan, 237 Ga. 213 (227 SE2d 349). The court was without authority to order separate trials and, accordingly, the order must be reversed.
Judgment reversed.
Bell, C. J., concurs. Birdsong, J., concurs specially.