Legal Opinion

Mobile County v. Barnes-Creary Supply Co.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 19, 1932No. 1 Div. 722PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.

Nothing on the former appeal (Mobile County v. Barnes-Creary Supply Co., 224 Ala. 168, 139 So. 270) is decisive of any question here presented.

The bill is rested upon the theory that the property of complainant is being taken, injured, or destroyed by the proposed improvement of .the highway abutting its property, without compensation being first paid therefor, in violation of section 235 of our State Constitution. It is settled by our decisions that the right to compensation for “injury” to land by the “construction or enlargement of its works, highways, or improvements” by any corporation…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Sammons v. . City of GloversvilleNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
  2. Finnell v. PittsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
  3. Adler & Co. v. PruittSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
  4. Harris v. Town of Tarrant CitySupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
  5. Dallas County v. DillardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Pickens County v. JordanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1940
  2. Fowler v. Fayco, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1973
  3. Alabama Power Co. v. City of GuntersvilleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
  4. McGowin v. City of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
  5. Sherlock v. Mobile CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1941

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