Legal Opinion

State v. Steele

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided August 31, 1979No. 78-478Published

1Opinion of the Court

374 So.2d 325 (1979)

STATE of Alabama

v.

Kenneth L. STEELE and Mary P. Steele.

78-478.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

August 31, 1979.

Richard H. Dorrough, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, for appellant.

W. H. Rogers, Moulton, for appellees.

BEATTY, Justice.

The State of Alabama appeals from a final judgment of $160,000.00 entered in favor of Mr. and Mrs. Steele, the defendants in this condemnation proceeding. We affirm.

The State initiated the proceeding by filing a petition in the Probate Court of Lawrence County to condemn some 18.7 acres of defendants' land for use as a part of a highway right-of-way.…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Maring-Crawford Motor Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
  2. Southern Railway Co. v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1896
  3. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. HumphresSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
  4. Shelby County v. BakerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
  5. Ewart v. CunninghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929

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