STATE v. GOODWYN

3 Div. 944.

133 So.2d 375 (1961)

STATE of Alabama v. Elizabeth Hill GOODWYN and John L. Goodwyn.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 21, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen., Geo. B. Azar and Jos. D. Phelps, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellant.

Hill, Hill, Stovall & Carter, Montgomery, for appellees.


MERRILL, Justice.

This is an appeal by the State from a jury verdict and judgment of $80,000 as compensation to appellees in a condemnation proceeding in which 8.5 acres of a 33.33-acre tract were taken for an interstate limited or controlled access highway. The commissioners in probate court had awarded $70,000 and both the State and the appellees appealed to the circuit court. The State's motion for a new trial was overruled.

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