Thomas v. City of Cairo

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “The power of eminent domain should never be exercised unless and until there has been a strict compliance with the provisions of the law by the condemnor.”
• “The power of eminent domain should never be exercised unless and until there has been a strict compliance with the provisions of the law by the condemnor.”
• trial court erred in refusing to enjoin condemnation proceedings where, by attempting to limit its liability for payment of compensation, city “has not sufficiently complied with the law in order to exercise the high power of eminent domain”
• trial court erred in refusing to enjoin condemnation proceedings where, by attempting to limit its liability for payment of compensation, city “has not sufficiently complied with the law in order to exercise the high power of eminent domain”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).