Legal Opinion
McClendon v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided November 18, 1965No. 7 Div. 592PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAWSON, Justice.
The State of Alabama filed a petition in the Probate Court of Etowah County to condemn lands belonging to appellants, Ralph McClendon, Eloise McClendon, S. P. McClendon and Mildred McClendon, for highway purposes.
The award of the Commissioners in the Probate Court was $15,950 and judgment of condemnation was entered accordingly.
The State took an appeal to the Circuit Court, where no issue was made as to the right of the State to condemn the property in question. In the circuit court the trial was before a jury, which returned a verdict awarding the landowners the sum of…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Moseley v. Alabama Power Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1945
- St. Clair County v. BukacekSupreme Court of Alabama · 1961
- Thompson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1957
- Hall v. PearceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Boudrow v. H & R CONSTRUCTION COMPANYSupreme Court of Alabama · 1969
- State v. HargroveSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
- Greene v. Washington County Board of EducationCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1969
- State v. McDanielSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
- Gray v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1967
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