Legal Opinion
Merritt v. Wilson County Board of Zoning Appeals
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided March 29, 1983PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LEWIS, Judge.
This case results from the consolidation of two cases — one concerning an easement of ingress and egress over an adjacent property to serve a proposed multi-family housing development and one concerning the authority and jurisdiction of the Wilson County Board of Zoning Appeals to deny approval for lack of sufficient ingress and egress. In addition, another issue raised on appeal was the proper standard for summary judgment on the question of damages when malice must be proved to recover damages.
On April 7, 1981, plaintiffs Ben Merritt and wife Bonnie R. Merritt (Merritts)…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- City of Columbia v. C.F.W. Construction Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1977
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. MeadeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1996
- Brooks v. FisherCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1985
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- Bandeian v. WagnerCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1997
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