Faulkner v. City of Nashville

delivered the-opinion of the Court.

This is a condemnation proceeding, and originated be: 'fore the City Council of the City of Nashville. The proceeding was instituted by the City of Nashville under the general municipal condemnation statute carried into Shannon’s Annotated Code as sections 1981 to 1984, inclusive. ■ ■ |

Pursuant to these sections, the city passed an ordinance June 24, 1924, ordering that Church street be widened to a uniform width of sixty-five feet between property lines from Thirteenth Avenue North to Twentieth Avenue North.

The section of the charter of the City of…