Crayton v. City of Mobile

HOLMES, Judge.

The plaintiff sued the defendant, City of Mobile (City), for the destruction of plaintiffs house. Plaintiff recovered a judgment for $3,000 against the defendant City. Plaintiff appeals, and we affirm.

Viewing the record with the attendant presumptions accorded the trial court’s order, we find the following is pertinently revealed. In approximately December 1981, the City demolished plaintiffs rental house. The structure was in a deteriorating and unsafe condition largely due to Hurricane Frederic, which damaged much of Mobile in September 1979. Plaintiff filed suit against the…