State v. Corley

FAULKNER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a condemnation evaluation case in which the Circuit Court of Coosa County declined to rule on the State’s motion to abandon condemnation. We affirm.

The State of Alabama instituted condemnation proceedings in the Probate Court of Coosa County on August 11, 1975, to condemn a 7.63 acre tract of land in Coosa County owned by Scott M. Corley and Florence Corley. The landowners appealed the commissioners’ award to the Circuit Court. In a pretrial order the parties stipulated that the State had the right to condemn the land, and that the only issue for trial…