East v. Todd

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court denying a petition for Mandamus to the Probate Court of Madison County, Alabama, and, after sustaining demurrers to the petition, dismissing the same.

The ruling was on a motion by the property owner requesting the Probate Court to set aside and hold for naught the report of Commissioners, fixing the amount of compensation to which the owners of the property were entitled to receive for the property condemned.

The facts recited in the petition for Mandamus are as follows:

The State of Alabama filed in the Probate Court of Madison County, on…