Legal Opinion

McGowin Investment Company v. Johnstone

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 20, 1973No. SC 490PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BLOODWORTH, Justice.

Appellants, McGowin Investment Company, et al., appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Mobile County, granting appellees Johnstones’ application to condemn a right of way over and across certain lands of McGowin Investment Company.

Appellees filed their application to condemn a right of way over the McGowin lands in the Probate Court of Mobile County, pursuant to Title 19, § 56 et seq., Code of Alabama 1940, as last amended. Appellees later amended their application. By decree of August 17, 1972, the probate judge denied the amended application. Appellees then…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. City of Birmingham v. BrownSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
  2. Taylor v. Major Finance Company, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1972
  3. Gralapp v. Mississippi Power CompanySupreme Court of Alabama · 1967
  4. Berry v. Alabama Power Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1952
  5. Mason v. McClainSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Cates v. BushSupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
  2. Powell v. Republic National Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1974
  3. Moody v. State Ex Rel. PayneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1977
  4. Tanner v. Alabama Power CompanySupreme Court of Alabama · 1993
  5. Baugus v. City of FlorenceSupreme Court of Alabama · 2007

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