Duck River Electric Membership Corp. v. City of Manchester

529 S.W.2d 202 (1975)

DUCK RIVER ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION, Appellant,

v.

CITY OF MANCHESTER, Tennessee, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

September 15, 1975.

Gilbert S. Merritt, Jr., Gullett, Steele, Sanford, Robinson & Merritt, Nashville, Edward F. Gordon, Bobo, Gordon & Grissom, Shelbyville, for appellant.

Charles E. Griffith, III, Griffith & Stokes, Nashville, H. Thomas Parsons, City Atty., Manchester, for appellee.

OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

These two civil actions, consolidated for the purposes of appeal, raise two questions, viz:

1. Does the City of Manchester have the right to acquire, by…