State v. Holland

The State of Tennessee through D. W. Moulton, its Commissioner of Highways, filed the bill in this case to enjoin on equitable grounds an action at law instituted by defendant J. R. Coffman against City of Dayton to recover mortgage indebtedness due him on land previously condemned and appropriated for state highway purposes within the City of Dayton. The bill also named as defendants the mortgagors, H. B. Holland and wife. The State also filed a supplemental bill naming as a defendant Mr. 0. W. McKenzie who acted as counsel for Holland and wife in the original condemnation suit and later was…