Lebanon & Nashville Turnpike Co. v. Creveling

This is a suit brought by the 'State and County to con-. demn for highway uses a toll turnpike, owned and being operated by a gwasi-public corporation. The turnpike extended from Davidson County line to Lebanon — some sixteen and three-tenths miles, three toll gates being located thereon. Appealing from the finding of a jury of view fixing, by a majority vote, the value of the roadbed, right-of-way, easements and franchise privileges at $40,000, a trial was had in the Circuit Court, where the jury reported $39,000', with interest from the filing of the petition and the contemporaneous taking…