Legal Opinion
Vinson v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided October 31, 1958PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFelts, J.
Complainants, developing a suburban subdivision, brought this suit to condemn a 50-foot right of way over defendant’s railroad tracks for a public road grade crossing. They alleged this was their only *163adequate and convenient outlet from their land to a public road and they bad a right to take it under our statute providing for easements of way of ingress and egress for lands cut off and shut in from a public road (T. C. A. secs. 54-1902 to 54-1917).
Defendant denied they had such right, and averred that inasmuch as they already had here a 20-foot farm road or private crossing, affording them…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- City of Chattanooga v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1924
- Sumner County v. Interurban Transp. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1918
- National Life & Accident Ins. v. EddingsTennessee Supreme Court · 1949
- Burns v. DuncanCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1939
- Rogers v. City of KnoxvilleCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1955
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Draper v. WebbCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1967
- State Ex Rel. Department of Highways v. BradfordSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1962
- Harrison v. WilkersonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1966
- Mills v. SolomonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2000
- City of Memphis, A Municipal Corporation for the Use and Benefit of Memphis Light Gas and Water v. Tandy J. Gilliland Family, L.L.C.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 2012
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