Greene County v. Tennessee Eastern Electric Co.

MOORMAN, Circuit Judge.

■ The Tennessee Eastern Eleetrie Company owned a hydroelectric dam in the Nola Chuekey river in Greene county, Tenn., and a steam station in Washington county, Tenn., from whieh it generated and distributed electricity. To supply the increased demands for its product in this territory, it became necessary for it to expand its facilities. ItJ could ■either raise its dam or enlarge its steam plant. If it raised the dam, the waters would back up and submerge a county bridge, the Bird bridge, crossing the river above the dam, and render the bridge useless as then…