State ex rel. Smith v. Overstreet

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

This action was instituted as a condemnation proceeding for a highway project in *284Clay County, Tennessee, pursuant to T.C.A. §§ 23-1528 et seq. Some 350 acres of land fronting approximately one mile on the northerly side of the highway to be widened were involved in the condemnation proceedings, although the area actually taken was approximately 22.64 acres. Portions of the tract were under lease to different tenants, and the case presently before the Court involves the appropriate measure of damages for moving expenses claimed by one of these tenants, J. H.…