Legal Opinion
Montgomery v. Carter County
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 18, 2000No. Nos. 98-6403, 99-6440PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
This case, which has been in federal court since 1996, arises from a dispute over the ownership of an eleven-foot wide strip of asphalt in Carter County, Tennessee. The plaintiff, the Estate of. Mary Nave, contends that the strip is nothing more than the driveway to the decedent’s rural residence. As far as Carter County is concerned, however, the contested stretch of asphalt is a county road and must remain a county road until the Tennessee state courts declare otherwise. Disagreeing, Mary Nave brought suit in the United States District Court for the Eastern…
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