Housing Authority v. Title Guarantee Loan & Trust Co.

GARDNER, Chief Justice.

This is a condemnation proceeding instituted by petitioner, the Blousing Authority of the Birmingham District (appellee here), against J. S. Abney and his wife seeking to condemn real estate owned ^y the respondents, a lot 50 feet by 190 feet situated in Birmingham, Alabama. Title 19, § 1 et seq., Code 1940; Title 25, §§ 4, 5, Code 1940, General Acts 1935, pp. 85 and 126.

Upon the trial of the cause in the Circuit Court the jury fixed the valuation at $7,-350. Petitioner, insisting that the sum, from the evidence, was excessive, has prosecuted this appeal.

It was agreed…