Tennessee Central Railroad v. Campbell
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM DAVIDSON. Petition for certiorari and supersedeas to the Circuit Court of. Davidson County.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shields
This is an action brought by the Tennessee Central Railroad Company in the circuit court of Davidson county by petition, in the form prescribed by the statutes in relation to such proceedings, to have a portion of the lands of the defendants condemned and set apart for a right of way for its railroad, which it had located over the same, and the damages accruing *644to the defendants from such appropriation assessed and adjudged.
The defendants made defense by answer, denying the right of the plaintiff to maintain its action for want of power to exercise the right of eminent domain, and…
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