Legal Opinion
State v. Edmundson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 30, 1968No. 6 Div. 451PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Justice.
This is an appeal by the State from a judgment granting appellee’s motion for a new trial. The case arose as follows:
The State filed its petition for condemnation of a part of a tract of land owned by appellees in the city of Birmingham. The petition was filed in the Probate Court of Jefferson County which appointed commissioners to determine the amount of compensation to which the appellees were entitled. The commissioners awarded the sum of $20,000 and the State appealed to the Circuit Court.
The only question presented to the jury in the Circuit Court was the amount of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- State v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
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- State v. WalkerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967
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