County of Knox v. Switzer

I must respectfully dissent from the opinion reached by my colleagues. An examination of the statutory language as well as the facts of this case leads me to conclude that the county’s petition was sufficient to provide adequate notice to the defendant.

As both parties to this appeal have pointed out, the statute is comprised of two paragraphs. The first, relating to the petitions which a county may file in seeking the demolition or repair of dangerous or unsafe buildings and the second, which deals with the county’s ability to seek an injunction to compel an owner of a building to comply with…