Conecuh County v. Carter

SAYRE, T.

In a proceeding to assess compensation for land taken by the county for the location of a highway, a jury in the circuit court returned a verdict awarding the defendant landowner no damages. And then, before judgment, the court, on motion of the defendant, set aside the verdict. The county reserved ah exception- and brings the case here by appeal. The sole question at issue between the parties relates to the proper measure of the compensation to he awarded.

The judgment in the trial court appears to have been based upon the theory that the amendment of section 7489 of the Code by the…