Long v. Jefferson County

The majority has concluded that, before the legislature's actions in 1971 (which required that condemnation orders, as well as notice of condemnation proceedings, be filed in the lis pendens records), condemnation proceedings, as reflected in the final record of the probate court, served to provide constructive notice that title to property was or could have been transferred to the condemning authority. I believe this issue has been squarely presented to this Court in State v.Abbott, 476 So.2d 1224 (Ala. 1985), and has been decided to the contrary. Therefore, I must respectfully dissent.

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