Legal Opinion · Dissent
Jefferson County v. Adwell
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 6, 1958No. 6 Div. 809Published
1DissentLawson, Justice
This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Jefferson County rendered in a condemnation proceeding instituted by Jefferson County in the probate court of that county to acquire land for state highway purposes. Tit. 23, § 25, Code of Alabama 1940, as amended.
The application for the order of condemnation was filed in the probate court on December 4, 1952, and included several tracts of land with which we are not here concerned. See § 8, Tit. 19, Code of Alabama, 1940. The property here involved, referred to in the application as “Tract No. 1” was needed in connection with 'the…
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