Sullivan County v. Pope

Mr. Erby L. Jenkins, Special Justice,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The parties will be referred to either by name or as they appeared in the trial court: Alma M. Pope as petitioner and Sullivan County, Tennessee, as defendant.

This is a proceeding under T.C.A. Section 23-1423 wherein the petitioner sought compensation from the defendant for the taking of eight acres of land and for incidental damages to her remaining 120 acres. The trial of the case resulted in a verdict in favor of the petitioner *577in the amount of $23,000.00. The Circuit Court further ordered that the petitioner recover…