Gallatin Housing Authority v. Chambers

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SHRIVER, J.

This is a condemnation proceeding in which the Gallatin Housing Authority took certain land belonging to the defendant, Una Chambers, which property, at the time of the taking, was leased to the defendant Kop-Eon Corporation and said lease had 81 months of its term remaining.

On appeal from an award of the jury of view the cause was tried in the Circuit Court before a jury but a new trial was granted and the cause came on to be heard before Honorable W. P. Puryear, Circuit Judge, without the intervention of a jury, on April 17th and 18th, 1961, resulting in a judgment in favor of…