State v. Jones

GOODWYN, Justice.

This is a highway condemnation proceeding initiated by the State in the probate court of Calhoun County. From that court the State appealed to the circuit court where a jury trial was had: The parties there agreed that the only disputed issue *228was the amount to be awarded the property-owners as just compensation for the property being taken. The jury made a finding on March 24, 1959, fixing the owners’ compensation and damages at $5,750. On the same day, the trial court entered a purported judgment that the owners “have and recover of the State of Alabama, petitioner, the sum…