Legal Opinion

Romano v. Thrower

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 20, 1954No. 4 Div. 769PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAWSON, Justice.

C. C. Thrower, on December 4, 1950, instituted proceedings in accordance with the terms and provisions of Sections 56-58, Title 19, Code of 1940, to acquire a right of way over land of Frank Romano.

The Sections just referred to read:

“56. The owner of any tract or body of land, outside the corporate limits of a municipality, no part of which tract or body of land is adjacent or contiguous to any public road or highway, shall have and may acquire a convenient right of way not exceeding in width fifteen feet over the lands intervening and lying between such tract or body of land…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Allison v. OwensSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
  2. Calvert v. BynumSupreme Court of Alabama · 1951
  3. Harvey v. WarrenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
  4. Romano v. ThrowerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
  5. Miller v. FaustSupreme Court of Alabama · 1948

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Bull v. SalsmanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983
  2. Foreman v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1961
  3. Gowan v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Alabama · 1992
  4. DeWitt v. StevensSupreme Court of Alabama · 1992
  5. Brothers v. HollowayCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1997

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