McKinney v. Davidson County

This suit began as a condemnation suit by Davidson County for use of the State in widening Nolensyille Pike. The suit as filed sought to condemn a strip of land approximately 7 feet wide off of the western side of the property of the plaintiffs in error and extending about 167.8 feet in length. The jury of view duly appointed made their award as to the 7 feet thus taken. The plaintiffs in error countered this proposition with the assertion that, instead of taking from them a strip of land 7 feet by 167.8 feet, the County was taking a strip of land 37 feet wide by 167.8 feet. This claim came…