McCormick v. Phillips
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM SHELBY. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Shelby County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court. —Hon. P. H. Heiskell, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Neil
It appears that prior to the 26th of October, 1917, there was filed in the chancery court of Shelby county, a hill by complainants against defendant to enjoin him from erecting a certain private levee on which he contemplated constructing a road leading from his farm to a public road mentioned, in the pleadings, on the ground that the erection of the levee would cause an overflow of the complainant’s land. A fiat was granted by the chancellor, and an injunction issued of a temporary nature, restraining the defendant, Phillips, from proceeding with the building of the levee, and this…
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