Brown v. City of Kingsport

OPINION

PARROTT, Presiding Judge.

This action was brought by William R. Brown, d/b/a Brown’s Custom Shop, alleging the City of Kingsport negligently dumped two loads of dirt on adjacent property owned by Charlie Neal. As a result of the dirt the surface water was diverted, flooding plaintiff’s floor covering business and doing severe damage to the inventory. The circuit judge, sitting without a jury, found the City of Kingsport acted negligently and entered a judgment in favor of Brown and against the City in the amount of $110,000.00.

The gist of the City of Kingsport’s appeal is: there is no…