Legal Opinion
Sims v. City of Birmingham
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided November 8, 1951No. 6 Div. 259PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, Justice.
This is the second appeal in this case. Sims v. City of Birmingham, 254 Ala. 598, 49 So.2d 302.
The only question on this appeal is whether the property, for which the City of Birmingham must pay appellant as a condition to opening a street dedicated by the predecessors of appellant on condition that such payment be made, should be valued as of the present when the condition is met or as of the date of such dedication, 1872, or, we might add, a reasonable time thereafter.
The trial court fixed the present value as controlling. The controversy is determined by an application of…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- A. B. C. Truck Lines, Inc. v. KenemerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
- Hogevoll v. HogevollCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1943
- City of Birmingham v. GrahamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1918
- Sims v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
- Burroughs v. BurroughsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Seybold v. Magnolia Land Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1979
- Hendrix, Mohr & Yardley, Inc. v. City of DaphneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
- Chicago, Mobile Development Co. v. G. C. Coggin Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1953
- Cottage Hill Land Corp. v. City of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983
- Ayers v. AyersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
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