McLemore v. Alabama Power Company

MERRILL, Justice.

This appeal is by the landowner in a condemnation case where the verdict and judgment were for $20,000.00 for the acquisition of one hundred acres of land for a navigation and tailrace canal for the return to the Coosa River, used in the operation of appellee’s Walter Bouldin Dam and Power Plant.

The parties stipulated that the only issue was the amount of the award to the landowners; that the values were fixed as of February 4, 1964, the date the petition was filed; and that if interest was proper, it should be at six per cent per year beginning on April 4, 1964, the date…