Legal Opinion

Fricke v. City of Guntersville

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 1, 1952No. 8 Div. 625PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIMPSON, Justice.

This appeal concerns the correctness of the register’s report fixing the amount of damages to appellant’s property by reason of the construction by the appellee of a drainage ditch in the alley along the rear of complainant’s lot. This is the third appeal.

The first appeal affirmed the decree of the trial court which determined that appellant city -could not be required to desist from its drainage project or to cover up the ditch. Fricke v. City of Guntersville, 251 Ala. 63, 36 So.2d 321.

The second appeal challenged the propriety of the decree of the lower court which…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Andrews v. FriersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1905
  2. Bidwell v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
  3. O'Rear v. O'RearSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
  4. Anderson v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
  5. Campbell v. CampbellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Browning v. City of GadsdenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
  2. Brock v. BrockSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967
  3. Selman v. BryantSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
  4. Ex Parte City of HuntsvilleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1984
  5. City of Huntsville v. DavisCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1983

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