State v. Coheley

HOUSTON, Justice.

This is an appeal by the State of Alabama from a judgment entered in favor of landowners, Jimmie L. Coheley and Ranae B. Coheley, in the amount of $63,000 in a condemnation case in which the State condemned 15.97 acres of the Coheleys’ 64-acre tract of land.

The only issue determined by the jury was the amount of the award to the Cohe-leys. The Coheleys and four witnesses on their behalf testified as to the before and after values of the Coheleys’ property. The $63,000 award was substantially below the difference between the before and after values assigned by the Coheleys and…