Legal Opinion
Calhoun v. Coffee County Commission
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided July 11, 1997No. 2960173PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MONROE, Judge.
This is an inverse condemnation ’ case brought pursuant to Art. XII, § 235, Ala. Const.1901.
The appellants, Foy Calhoun and several other persons, own real property in Elba, Alabama. The Coffee County Commission established a landfill near their properties in October 1993. The ■ landowners filed sworn statutory claims against the County Commission pursuant to § 6-5-20, Ala.Code 1975; in those claims they alleged that the landfill had devalued their property and threatened contamination of their water supply. The County Commission denied all of the claims.
The landowners sued the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Jefferson County v. SOUTHERN NATURAL GASSupreme Court of Alabama · 1993
- Boykin v. Arthur Andersen & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1994
- Foreman v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1995
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