Benson v. Pickens County
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Justice.
This is a bill by a property owner in possession whose title is not in dispute against the County of Pickens, B. G. Robison, Judge of Probate and Chairman of the Court of County Commissioners, Lewis C. Davis, O. U. Cook, W. W. Curry and George N. Downer, as County Commissioners and as individuals, seeking a declaratory decree as to their liability for damages as alleged resulting from the acts of defendants’’ agents, servants and employees from entering upon complainant’s lands on November 10, 1947, and cutting out a right of way for a public road, cutting and removing pasture…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Kidd v. BorumSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
- Finnell v. PittsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
- East & West Railroad Co. of Alabama v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia RailroadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
- Black v. Pratt Coal & Coke Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1888
- Moran v. HorskySupreme Court of the United States · 1900
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Engelhardt v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1962
- Benson v. Pickens CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
- Benson v. ElmoreSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
- Engelhardt v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1962