State v. Waller

This is an appeal from a judgment in a condemnation proceeding. We affirm.

Charles Waller Advertising, Inc., appellee, owned two parcels of land which abutted Interstate 10 in Mobile County. A billboard owned and maintained by Waller was located on Parcel 1; Parcel 2, situated on the opposite side of Interstate 10, was vacant. In 1976, five years after the billboard was erected on Parcel 1, the State of Alabama, appellant, acquired both parcels by eminent domain. Waller appealed the Probate Court award to the Circuit Court, wherein a jury awarded compensation in the amount of $29,500.00.

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