Standard Oil Co. v. State

BLOOD WORTH, Justice.

The landowner (Standard Oil Company) is appealing from a final judgment of condemnation entered by the circuit court of Jefferson County.

This condemnation proceeding was instituted by the State of Alabama to condemn access rights from a parcel of land to interstate highway 1-65 in Birmingham. The State filed its application for condemnation in the probate court of Jefferson County which assessed damages of $50,000 in favor of Standard Oil. On appeal by the State to the circuit court, the trial court excluded a part of the evidence relating to the landowner’s damages and…