Ritchey v. State

McCALL, Justice.

The defendant landowners appeal from a circuit court judgment in a condemnation proceeding by the State of Alabama, which awarded them damages for the taking of a parcel of land with a brick building and improvements thereon, all of which were being used in the operation of a grocery store business. The real property so taken, which is located at the southwest corner of First Avenue South and 64th Street in the City of Birmingham, is for public use in the construction and maintenance of a public highway and controlled access highway facility, namely, U. S. Interstate 1-20.

The…