Jones v. Cocke County

ON PETITION TO REHEAR

MATHERNE, J.

By Petition to Rehear the plaintiffs insist interest on the judgment rendered in their favor should accrue from March 15,1963, the date plaintiffs’ land was flooded. Plaintiffs insist the accrual of interest in this case is not *568governed by T.C.A. sec. 47-14-110, and rely on Sullivan County v. Pope (1969) 223 Tenn. 575, 448 S.W.2d 666 as authority. The thrust of plaintiff’s argument is that the flood on March 15, 1963 constituted the taldng of plaintiffs’ land and under the Sullivan County case, supra, interest accrues from that date.

The taking involved in this…