Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. City of Birmingham
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; H. A. Sharpe, Judge. Proceeding by the City of Birmingham to assess property of the Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company. From a judgment sustaining the assessment on appeal to circuit court, the company appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
This case has arisen out of a proceeding to assess the value of certain street improvements against the abutting property of appellant. On appeal to the circuit court a jury sustained the assessment that had been made by the municipal authorities, and in this court, on further appeal, the main question under discussion is whether the circuit court erred in overruling appellant’s motion for a new trial.
Appellant’s complaint is.that the verdict, which the trial court allowed to stand, was contrary to the law and the evidence; more specifically that, necessarily in view of the evidence, the…
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