Legal Opinion

McKenzie v. Commalander

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided August 25, 1989No. 88-146PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MADDOX, Justice.

This appeal presents three main issues: 1) the right of trustees of a cemetery to bring an action to enjoin what they contend was an obstruction of a public way used for ingress to and egress from the cemetery and for parking when funerals were conducted at the cemetery; 2) if there was a public way, whether it had been abandoned; and 3) whether injunctive relief was appropriate under any circumstance.

Billy Commalander and his fellow trustees of Brook Cedrón Cemetery, which is located in Baldwin County, filed a complaint against the defendants, in which they claimed that the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Scruggs v. BeasonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1945
  2. Bownes v. Winston CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
  3. Garland v. ClarkSupreme Court of Alabama · 1956
  4. Gary Pugh Realty, Inc. v. HubbardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Birmingham Bd. of Educ. v. BoydSupreme Court of Alabama · 2003

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