Washington v. Orix Credit Alliance, Inc.

On April 16, 1998, the City of Birmingham (hereinafter "the City") filed a complaint in the Probate Court of Jefferson County, seeking, pursuant to § 11-80-1, Ala. Code 1975, to condemn certain real property for public use (hereinafter the "subject property"). The City named as defendants to its action Mary Elizabeth Conaway, E.N. Conaway, Spiller Furniture Company, the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations, ORIX Credit Alliance, Inc. (hereinafter "ORIX"), and others.

The City amended its complaint a total of seven times. Those amendments, among other things, added to the property the…