Weldon v. State

SHORES, Justice.

The following is a summary of facts contained in the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals. See Weldon v. State, 495 So.2d 1113 (Ala.Civ.App.1985).

The State filed an application to condemn land for use as a public highway in Elmore County. The property cuts across three lots — B, C, and D — which were deeded by a common grantor to his children. The three lots have been used in conjunction with two other similarly granted lots — A and E — as a single farming unit (called Penick Bend) for more than forty years. The proposed right-of-way would consume approximately .16 acre of…