Shell Oil Co. v. Guyton

SHORES, Justice.

This appeal involves only the question of the proper allocation of a consent condemnation award of $400,000 between the owners of the condemned property and the lessee thereof, Shell Oil Company. The property is a 40,000 square foot lot on the northwest corner of 8th Avenue North and 22nd Street in the City of Birmingham on which was situated a Shell Oil service station and a rental parking lot. After holding a hearing on the allocation petition, the trial court allocated the $400,000, $366,522 to the lessors and $33,478 to the lessee. The lessee appealed. We affirm.

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