Ex Parte Cater

This is a private-condemnation case. The circuit court, acting pursuant to Ala. Code 1975, § 18-3-1, granted Etoile Nichols a nonexclusive, private easement for ingress and egress over the property of Lula Dell Cater. Cater was awarded $500 in compensation for the condemnation of the private easement. Cater appealed. The Court of Civil Appeals, on October 9, 1998, affirmed, without an opinion. Cater v. Nichols (No. 2970710),771 So.2d 511 (Ala.Civ.App. 1998) (table). We granted Cater's petition for the writ of certiorari to determine whether the trial court erred in finding that two other…