Section 18-3-3
Application to probate court.
The right conferred by this article shall be exercised by application to the probate court of the county in which the lands over which such right-of-way is desired, or a material portion thereof are situated, and the same proceedings shall be had as in cases of condemnation of lands for public uses as provided by Chapter 1 of this title.
(Acts 1919, No. 679, p. 982; Code 1923, §7531; Code 1940, T. 19, §58.)