Legal Opinion

Johnson v. Barnes

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided February 26, 1948No. 6 Div. 512PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LIVINGSTON, Justice.

The appeal is from an order of the Probate Court of Blount County, Alabama, granting an application to condemn' lands under and by virtue of the provisions of Chapter 4, section 56 et. seq., Title 19, Code of 1940, and appointing three citizens with qualifications required by the statute, section 11, Title 19, Code, to assess the damages.

There is no existing statutory authority for a direct appeal to this Court from an order of the probate court granting or refusing an application to condemn lands. The appeal is to the circuit court. Formerly such an appeal was authorized.

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. City of Birmingham v. BrownSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
  2. Greenwood v. State Ex Rel. BailesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1935

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Stanton v. Monroe CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
  2. Clary v. CasselsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
  3. Ex Parte City of IrondaleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1996
  4. McCoy v. GarrenCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1980
  5. Tarvin v. TarvinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1957

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