Legal Opinion

State v. Ward

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 9, 1975No. SC 866Published

1Opinion of the Court

306 So.2d 265 (1975)

STATE of Alabama

v.

Elden H. WARD and Vernell Ward.

SC 866.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

January 9, 1975.

William S. Halsey, Anniston, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State of Alabama.

James S. Hubbard, Anniston, for appellees.

BLOODWORTH, Justice.

State of Alabama appeals from the ruling of the trial court denying its motion for new trial after verdict and judgment awarding landowners $49,000 damages in a suit to condemn a portion of their lands for highway purposes. We affirm.

A service station and residence were located on the land in question. The only issue submitted to the jury was…

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2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Cooper v. WattsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1966
  2. Popwell v. Shelby CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1960
  3. Water Works & Sanitary Sewer Board of the City of Montgomery v. NormanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
  4. State v. DunlapSupreme Court of Alabama · 1966
  5. Pearson v. Birmingham Transit CompanySupreme Court of Alabama · 1956

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