Legal Opinion
Theilan v. Porter
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 15, 1885PublishedCited by 4 opinions
PROM SHELBY. Appeal in error from the Circuit Court of Shelby county. J. O. Pierce, J.
1Opinion of the CourtDeaderick, C. J.
The plaintiff brought an action of trespass on April 27, 1880, against the Taxing District of Shelby county *623and its legislative council and officers for damages for-destroying his dwelling-house in Memphis.
About, thirty pages of demurrers, pleas and demurrers, and replications thereto, ■ resulted in issues, upon the material questions arising in the cause, upon the record.
The defendants justified the pulling down of the house under the acts of 1879, conferring the power to remove all buildings, etc.,, found to be unhealthy.
Allowing the objection by demurrer to defendants’’ pleas to have been…
2Cited by4 opinions
- Spencer-Sturla Co. v. City of MemphisTennessee Supreme Court · 1927
- Nashville Housing Authority v. City of NashvilleTennessee Supreme Court · 1951
- Cabbage v. Citizens Bank & Trust Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1948
- Thomas v. ChamberlainDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1955