ST. CLAIR COUNTY v. MARTIN

7 Div. 445.

139 So.2d 617 (1962)

ST. CLAIR COUNTY v. U. C. MARTIN et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 29, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice F. Bishop, Birmingham, and Starnes & Holladay, Pell City, for appellant.

John H. Martin, Pell City, for appellees.


GOODWYN, Justice.

This is a condemnation suit brought by St. Clair County to acquire a right of way for a limited access interstate highway. The right of way consists of 42.41 acres of a 431 acre tract owned by appellees. Both the county and the property owners appealed to the circuit court from the probate court award of $7,800. In the circuit court the only issue concerned the amount of damages and compensation. The jury verdict was for $9,000, on which judgment...

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