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MT. VERNON COTTON CO. v. ALABAMA POWER CO.

No. 200.

240 U.S. 30 (1916)

36 S.Ct. 234

60 L.Ed. 507

MT. VERNON-WOODBERRY COTTON DUCK COMPANY v. ALABAMA INTERSTATE POWER COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 24, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Hollins N. Randolph and Mr. Edwin G. Baetjer, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Thomas W. Martin and Mr. Ray Rushton for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a petition for a writ of prohibition to prevent the Probate Court of Tallapoosa County from taking jurisdiction of condemnation proceedings instituted by the Alabama Interstate Power Company to take land, water and water rights belonging to the petitioner. An alternative writ was issued but the Supreme Court of the State ordered it to be quashed and the writ to...

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