Ala. Code § 42-2-1: When Authorized; Jurisdiction of Probate Court.

If the agent of the United States and the owner of the lands or right-of-way to be condemned cannot agree as to the terms of the sale and purchase thereof, the probate court of the county in which such lands or any part thereof may lie may, on the application of the agent of the United States, proceed to condemn such lands to such uses as may be provided for.