Philpot v. State

This action was originally brought by the State of Alabama in the Probate Court of Madison County as a petition to condemn a strip of land that abuts U.S. Highway 72 East in Huntsville. Caroline Chapman Philpot, individually and as trustee under the last will and testament of Elizabeth H. Chapman; Rosalie Pettus Price; Reuben Chapman V; and Erle Pettus, Jr., individually and as trustee under the last will and testament of Reuben Chapman IV (hereinafter collectively referred to as "the Chapman heirs"1; where appropriate, the Chapman heirs shall include their predecessors and the decedents…