State v. Oliver

BRADLEY, Presiding Judge.

This appeal results from a dispute over the fair value of condemned property and the trial court’s subsequent granting of a motion for new trial.

Following a two-day trial on the question of the condemned property’s value, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the landowners, Gary and Judith Oliver, in the amount of $7,480 plus interest.

At trial the State of Alabama had maintained that the condemned land’s value plus damages totaled $3,055. The Olivers’ testimony had been that their damages due to the taking were approximately $70,000.

Consequently, the Olivers filed…