Legal Opinion
Cocke County Board of Highway Commissioners v. Newport Utilities Board
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided May 6, 1985PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROCK, Justice.
The Cocke County Board of Highway Commissioners (“Board”) brought this action to recover damages for injury to roads in their county. In 1977 Pierce Ditching Company (“Pierce”) entered into a contract with the Newport Utilities Board (“Newport”) to install sewage pipes. The instant litigation arose because Pierce had to “cut” the pavement of several Cocke County roads in order to install the pipes and the Board was not satisfied with the repairs which were effected on its roads after the pipe had been installed.
When construction on the sewer project began in 1977, no one…
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- Casone v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1952
- Gibson v. FergusonTennessee Supreme Court · 1976
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