State ex rel. Commissioner of Transportation v. Edmonds

OPINION

PARROTT, Presiding Judge.

The State of Tennessee appeals the trial judge’s award of moving expenses for equipment, fixtures, and inventory to defendant property owner in a condemnation case.

In this eminent domain case the defendant homeowners did not contest the right of the State to take, but only contested the amount of compensation offered. At a trial by jury in circuit court, a verdict was returned for the land and value of improvements of $223,000.00, for incidental damages of $500.00 and for moving costs to be incurred on equipment, fixtures, and inventory of $6,250.00. Shortly…