Legal Opinion
White v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 11, 1975No. SC 974Published
1Opinion of the Court
319 So.2d 247 (1975)
Carolyn Drake WHITE et al.
v.
STATE of Alabama.
SC 974.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
September 11, 1975.
Rehearing Denied October 2, 1975.
John H. Lavette, Birmingham, for appellants.
Arthur J. Hanes and Thomas Coleman, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Birmingham, for the State.
MADDOX, Justice.
"Attorney's fees and expenses are not embraced within just compensation for land taken by eminent domain."
This short, concise and direct quote, taken from Dohany v. Rogers, 281 U.S. 362, 368, 50 S.Ct. 299, 302, 74 L.Ed. 904 (1930), sustains the trial court's judgment that attorneys' fees and litigation…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Oregon v. HassSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Monongahela Navigation Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Dohany v. RogersSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- State v. RothWashington Supreme Court · 1971
- Beeland Wholesale Co. v. KaufmanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
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