Cox v. Warren County

HAWKINS, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

Cecilia Cox and Cathy Melsheimer appeal a judgment of an eminent domain court in Warren County dismissing as being time barred their complaint for attorneys’ fees and litigation costs against Warren County. Their complaint was initially filed in the chancery court of Warren County, but on the motion of the County, transferred to an eminent domain court. We find the appellants entitled to a hearing on their complaint, that the chancery court had pendent jurisdiction to hear it when the complaint was filed, and erred in transferring the cause to a court…