Rogers v. Murfreesboro Housing Authority

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SHRIVER, J.

This is a suit to recover damages for the taking of certain real estate by the defendant Housing Authority in a slum clearance project. Suit was filed on May 13,1955 and was heard in the Circuit Court of Rutherford County before Judge John D. Wiseman and a jury on June 11, 1957 and resulted in a directed verdict for the defendant.

Plaintiffs duly perfected an appeal in error to this Court where an opinion was filed on August 1, 1958, sustaining certain assignments of error and reversing and remanding the cause for a new trial.

After certain amendments were allowed to the pleadings…