Davidson County v. Beauchesne

This action was brought by Mrs. Alice Crook Beauchesne against Davidson County to recover for a strip of land 30 feet wide and 53 feet long which she alleged the county “did enter upon and appropriate for its own use”, without compensating her therefor, and which was acquired by the county for the use of the State in the widening and reconstruction of the Nolensville Pike. There was a verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $793.

The county appealed in error and insists: (1) that plaintiff can not recover for this 30-foot strip of land, because she conveyed it to the State for highway purposes…