Southern Ry. Co. v. Jennings
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM CLAIBORNE. Appeal from the Criminal and Law Conrt of Claiborne County. — Xen Hicks, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
This suit was instituted by William Jennings to recover of the railway company damages for the appropriation of a strip of land originally occupied by its predecessor in title, the Morristown, Cumberland Gap & Ohio Railroad Company, as a right of way.
The company sued filed a plea setting forth that the land in question was taken by such predecessor under the power of eminent domain more than one year before the action was commenced, and that the right of action was barred.
Both the trial court and the court of civil appeals ruled against the company on this defense, and it seeks, here a review…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Langford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- In Re Vil. of Olean v. . SteynerNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- City of Geneva v. . HensonNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
- In Re Taking a Right & Easement in Certain Property for the Construction of a SewerNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Shortle v. Terre Haute & Indianapolis RailroadIndiana Supreme Court · 1892
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- Tillman v. Lewisburg & Northern RailroadTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
- East Tennessee & W. N. C. R. v. GougeCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1947
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