State v. W. P. Brown Sons Lumber Company

MERRILL, Justice.

This appeal is from an order of the circuit court dismissing an appeal by the State of Alabama from awards made in the probate court in eminent domain proceedings. The trial court dismissed the appeal on the ground that the notice of appeal was not in compliance with the statute, Tit. 19, § 17, Code 1940, and we concur in that judgment.

The State sought additional land for the improvement of U. S. Highway 31 between Bay Minette and Stapelton and it became necessary to file condemnation proceedings to secure rights of way over forty-seven different parcels of land which were…