Legal Opinion
Vestavia Hills Bd. of Educ. v. Utz
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided July 8, 1988No. 87-85, 87-86PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
These are appeals from a final judgment of the trial court holding invalid a deed executed by the Mayor of Vestavia Hills ("the City") to the Vestavia Hills Board of Education ("the Board"). The plaintiffs live adjacent to a 13-acre tract of undeveloped property in Vestavia Hills. Their complaint contained five separate counts, and also included a prayer for relief that requested generally that the deed from the City to the Board, dated February 17, 1975, be set aside on the basis that the property conveyed in the deed was a public park.
On August 26, 1987, Judge Cherner issued his final…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- McCorquodale v. KeytonSupreme Court of Florida · 1953
- Allen v. AxfordSupreme Court of Alabama · 1969
- Douglass v. City CouncilSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
- Smith v. City of DothanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
- O'RORKE v. City of HomewoodSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Stapler v. HicksSupreme Court of Alabama · 1988
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