Knox County v. Moncier

455 S.W.2d 153 (1970)

KNOX COUNTY, Tenn., Petitioner,

v.

J.C. MONCIER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 16, 1970.

Earl S. Ailor, Asquith, Ailor & Jones, of counsel, Knoxville; and David M. Pack, Attorney General, of counsel, Nashville, for petitioner.

Bernard E. Bernstein, Knoxville, for respondent.

OPINION

JENKINS, Special Justice.

This is an inverse condemnation suit whereby the appellee, J.C. Moncier, sued Knox County, claiming damages to his property by flood waters allegedly caused by the construction of an interstate highway, which changed the natural drainage of the watershed…