Turnpike Co. v. Davidson County
Tennessee Supreme Court
EROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from Chancery Court of Davidson County. H. H. OooK, CL
1Opinion of the CourtWidens, J.
This is a bill by the turnpike company to enjoin the county' of Davidson ffom opening and building a public road near Nashville, to be called Arlington Avénue.
The road, as projected, is about one-half a mile ■ long, and extends from a point on the com.pany’s pike- just beyond its first tollgate in an-oblique or diagonal direction to the Stone’s River-1 or Chicken pike near the southeast corner of Mount Olivet Cemetery. The road simply extends from the one pike to the other, and not beyond either, in either direction. The theory of the bill, and ground of complaint, is that the proposed road…
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