Legal Opinion

Folmar v. Brantley

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 21, 1939No. 4 Div. 107PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The appeal challenged the action of the trial court in sustaining demurrer to the petition for mandamus directed to named county officials. The court sustained grounds as to laches and the ground to the effect that petitioners and predecessors in title had an adequate remedy at law. There were other grounds of demurrer, and if one ground was sufficient, this would support the ruling of the trial court. Hammons v. Hammons, 228 Ala. 264, 153 So. 210.

The statutes of Alabama relating to the exercise of the right of eminent domain by a county place a ministerial duty upon the county governing body…

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2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Oklahoma City v. WellsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1939
  2. New Orleans & Selma Railroad v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
  3. Hammons v. HammonsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
  4. Commissioners Court v. RatherSupreme Court of Alabama · 1872
  5. Evans v. Savannah & Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1890

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Ex Parte IzunduSupreme Court of Alabama · 1990
  2. Martin v. Loeb & Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1977
  3. Ex Parte BozemanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1982
  4. Engelhardt v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1962
  5. Alabama, Etc. v. Board of School Com'rsCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1979

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