Legal Opinion

State v. Moore

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 12, 1959No. 5 Div. 695PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STAKELY, Justice.

This is a proceeding begun in the Probate Court of Lee County, Alabama, by the State of Alabama (appellant) to condemn for highway purposes certain property of George Moore (appellee). The amount of the award in the Probate Court to George Moore was $21,902. This amount was paid into the Probate Court and an order of condemnation was there entered. The property owner (George Moore) took an appeal to the circuit court and demanded a trial by jury in the circuit court.

As required by statute, Code 1940, Tit. 19, § 18, the State on April 22, 1957, filed with the clerk of the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Smith v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
  2. Housing Authority v. Decatur Land Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1953
  3. Southern Electric Generating Company v. LanceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
  4. Bates v. Chilton CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1943
  5. Jefferson County v. AdwellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1958

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Clark v. BlackSupreme Court of Alabama · 1994
  2. Southern Electric Generating Company v. LanceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
  3. Head v. Triangle Construction CompanySupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
  4. Water Works & Sanitary Sewer Board of the City of Montgomery v. NormanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
  5. McLemore v. Alabama Power CompanySupreme Court of Alabama · 1969

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