Jones v. Cocke County

This is an inverse condemnation suit wherein the plaintiff landowners sue Cocke County for *558the taking of and damage to their property by flooding. It is alleged that the construction of a bridge and approaching embankment thereto severely restricted the natural drainage of the flood waters of the Nolichucky River, causing plaintiffs’ property to be flooded and damaged.

This suit was filed in 1963 and was dismissed by the trial judge at the original hearing on the ground the plaintiffs had no cause of action against the defendant Cocke County, because the embankment which impeded the drainage…