Piercy v. Johnson City
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM UNICOI. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Unicoi County to' the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari from the Court of Civil Appeals to the Supreme Court. — Dia.na Harmon, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
This action was commenced by the issuance, at the instance of plaintiff, of a summons from the circuit court of Unicoi county commanding the defendant, the city of Johnson City to' answer in that court the plaintiff “in an action of damages caused to his land in Unicoi county by the diversion of the waters of two large springs out of their natural channel and away from his land below, by said city of Johnson City, and to his damage in the sum of $2,000. ’ ’
This writ was addressed to the sheriff of Washington county, in which the defendant city lies, and was by *233the sheriff there served on the…
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