Baldwin County Commission v. Jones

SHORES, Justice.

Walter C. Jones and George H. Skipper recorded a subdivision plat of Wildwood Estates in Baldwin County in the early part of 1973. Planning of the subdivision had begun in 1971. The plat was not offered for approval by the County Commission because approval of subdivisions was not required at that time. Baldwin County is one of some ten counties in the state described as captive counties which have limited authority over roads within the county. Act No. 142 of the 1951 Legislature relates to Baldwin County and provides in Section 1 that the State Highway Department shall,…