Smith v. Metropolitan Development Housing Agency

MEMORANDUM

WISEMAN, District Judge.

This case arose out of a dispute in state court regarding the ownership of a certain property located at 521 Southgate Avenue, in Nashville (hereinafter referred to as “the condemned property” or “the property”). The question of who owned the property was clearly answered several times by state courts in various actions between the plaintiff, Harold Smith, and his father, James Smith, and between James Smith and the defendant, the Metropolitan Development Housing Authority (hereinafter the “MDHA”), in this case. As the state court decisions were all adverse…