Nina Development Corp. v. Jefferson County

The primary issue presented in these appeals is the constitutionality of Act No. 776, Acts of Alabama 1973, which provides that in counties having a population of 500,000 or more the compensation paid for property taken by condemnation for sewer lines shall be reduced by the value of any enhancement to the remaining property of the owner that such sewer line may cause. This Act currently co-exists with § 18-1-18, Ala.Code 1975, which reads in pertinent part:

“The amount of compensation to which the owners and other parties interested therein are entitled must not be reduced or diminished…