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STATE v. PROPERTY AT 2018 RAINBOW DRIVE

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740 So.2d 1025 (1999)

STATE of Alabama and City of Gadsden v. PROPERTY AT 2018 RAINBOW DRIVE known as the Oasis.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied August 27, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alice B. Pruett, Gadsden, for appellants.

James M. Campbell of Campbell & Hopkins, Anniston, for appellee Gene Stedham.

Clifford L. Callis, Jr., and Jay E. Stover of Callis & Stover, Rainbow City, for amicus curiae Imogene Suttle.

COOK, Justice.

The dispositive issue in this case is whether a complaint filed by the City of Gadsden, seeking, pursuant to Ala.Code 1975, § 20-2-93, the "condemnation and forfeiture" of property owned by Gary Stedham, ever invested the Etowah Circuit Court with subject-matter jurisdiction. We answer that question in the negative.

The substantive facts out of which this confiscation action arose are relatively simple. Gary Stedham owned real estate on...

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