Terms Used In Alabama Code 11-52-54

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

The reservation of a street location as provided in Section damages or compensation for reservations; abandonment of reservations” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2020″ statecd=”AL” title=”11″>11-52-50 shall not be deemed to prohibit or impair in any respect the use of the reserved land by the owner or occupant thereof for any lawful purpose, including the erection of buildings thereon, but no compensation other than the compensation awarded in the final report of said board of appraisers as approved by the council as provided in Section 11-52-52 or, in the case of an appeal, as awarded on such appeal as provided in Section 11-52-53 shall at any time be paid by the municipality or public to or recovered from the municipality or public by any person for the taking of or injury to any building or structure built or erected within the period fixed in the resolution of council upon any such reserved location.

No compensation or damages for any such reservation shall be paid or recovered except as provided in Sections property owners for expenses upon abando” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2020″ statecd=”AL” title=”11″>11-52-51 through 11-52-53.