Legal Opinion
Meighan v. U.S. Sprint Communications Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 29, 1996PublishedCited by 252 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WHITE, Justice.
In this case we are called upon to examine the application of Rule 23, Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure to actions involving injuries to real property and to determine the *635available causes of action and appropriate measure of damages in such actions.
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Plaintiff Meighan is a property owner in Knox County, Tennessee. Southern Railway Company has a railroad right of way across plaintiffs land. Defendant U.S. Sprint is a communications company who entered into a license agreement with Southern Railway allowing the installation of fiber optic cable on 230 miles of railroad…
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