Menefee v. Davidson County

Davidson County owns a rock quarry acquired for the purpose of procuring crushed stone for use in building and repairing its public roads. The appellant, Menefee, owns and operates a rock quarry on land adjoining the county’s tract. In connection with the operation of a quarry on his property, Menefee placed a. rock crusher, scales, office, workshop and outdoor toilet facilities and four “junk piles” on the county’s property. He also used it as a means of getting in and out of his property.

After an unsuccessful effort in 1952 to have the buildings and equipment removed without litigation, the…