Legal Opinion
State v. Dunlap
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 5, 1966No. 1 Div. 157PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAWSON, Justice.
• The State of Alabama filed a petition in the Probate Court of Mobile County to condemn lands belonging to David R. Dunlap and others for highway purposes.
The award of the commissioners in the Probate Court was $2,018 and a judgment of condemnation was entered accordingly.
The landowners took an appeal to the Circuit Court of Mobile County,' where' no issue was made as to the' right of the State to condemn the property in question. The sole issue was the amount of damages to be awarded the property owners.
In the circuit court the trial was before a jury, which returned a…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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3Cited by26 opinions
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