Ala. Code § 23-1-131
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Section 23-1-131 Proceedings; Limitations as to Location; Damages
Official statutory text
In establishing a private road, the same rules must be observed and the same proceedings had as in the case of public roads; but no road must be opened through any person’s yard, garden, orchard, garage, stable, lot, ginhouse, or curtilage without his consent, and the applicant must pay the owner of the land over which such road passes all damages resulting thereto from the establishment of such road, to be assessed as in case of public roads.
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