Tate v. County of Monroe

OPINION

PARROTT, Presiding Judge (E.S.).

The plaintiffs, Stanford Tate and his wife, brought this inverse condemnation suit against Monroe County alleging damages from the construction of the Madison-ville By-Pass. Plaintiffs owned and operated a business, Tate Builders Supply, which originally fronted on old Highway 411. With the construction of the by-pass, old 411 became a service road which was completely terminated to the north of the plaintiffs’ property. The only ingress and egress to the new 411 by-pass was a ramp built to the south. There was no property of the plaintiffs physically…