Mardis v. Big Nance Creek Water Management District

BRADLEY, Judge.

This is a land condemnation case.

On April 23, 1982 the Big Nance Creek Water Management District and Lawrence County, a political subdivision of the state of Alabama, filed a complaint in the Probate Court of Lawrence County seeking condemnation of an undivided one-half interest in 18.9 acres owned by Irene B. Mardis and husband, Paul Mardis. The purpose of the condemnation was to acquire an easement over the above described lands so that floodwaters could be impounded by the construction of a dam.

On May 21, 1982, after a hearing, the probate court ordered the property…