Legal Opinion

Mims v. Mississippi Power Company

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided April 11, 1968No. 1 Div. 327PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAWSON, Justice.

Mississippi Power Company filed a petition in the Probate Court of Mobile County to condemn land belonging to K. W. Mims, W. V. Mims and others to acquire a right of way for an electric transmission line across said land.

The Probate Court denied the application, whereupon Mississippi Power Company appealed to the Circuit Court of Mobile County, which granted the petition and ordered the cause set for further proceedings to have the damages and compensation assessed by a jury as requested by Mississippi Power Company. — § 20, Title 19, Code 1940; City of Birmingham v. Brown,…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Citizen's L. H. & P. Co. v. LeeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
  2. Brown v. WoolvertonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
  3. Mullis v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
  4. City of Birmingham v. BrownSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
  5. Cooper v. WattsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1966

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Motes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
  2. State v. LongSupreme Court of Alabama · 1977
  3. CSX Transp., Inc. v. DansbySupreme Court of Alabama · 1995
  4. Wallace v. Alabama Power Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1986
  5. Glenn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980

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