Alabama § 18-2-6 Sheriff and Jury to Appear on Date Designated for Inquest; Charge to and Duties of Jury Generally

Alabama Statutes

§ 18-2-6 — Sheriff and Jury to Appear on Date Designated for Inquest; Charge to and Duties of Jury Generally

Alabama § 18-2-6

Title 18Eminent Domain

Ch. 2Erection of Dams for Mills, Gins, Factories or Electric Generators

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 18-2-6 (2026).

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The sheriff and the jury must attend on the day appointed, and after the jury are sworn by the sheriff to discharge their duties fairly and to the best of their ability, they must be charged by him:

(1)To examine the land above and below belonging to others, which may probably be overflowed or injured, and to ascertain and assess the damages resulting from the erection of such dam to the several owners of such lands.

(2)To ascertain whether the residence of any of such owners, or the outhouses, inclosures, gardens or orchards thereto immediately belonging will be overflowed.

(3)To ascertain whether the health of the neighborhood will probably be endangered.

(4)To ascertain whether any other mill, gin, factory or waterworks will be overflowed.

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The sheriff and the jury must attend on the day appointed, and after the jury are sworn by the sheriff to discharge their duties fairly and to the best of their ability, they must be charged by him:
(1) To examine the land above and below belonging to others, which may probably be overflowed or injured, and to ascertain and assess the damages resulting from the erection of such dam to the several owners of such lands.
(2) To ascertain whether the residence of any of such owners, or the outhouses, inclosures, gardens or orchards thereto immediately belonging will be overflowed.
(3) To ascertain whether the health of the neighborhood will probably be endangered.
(4) To ascertain whether any other mill, gin, factory or waterworks will be overflowed.

Legislative History

(Code 1852, §2098; Code 1867, §2490; Code 1876, §3564; Code 1886, §3190; Code 1896, §1733; Code 1907, §3894; Code 1923, §7513; Code 1940, T. 19, §39.)