Knoxville's Community Development Corp. v. Wright

OPINION

SANDERS, Judge.

In this condemnation case the Defendants have appealed from a judgment of the circuit court holding the Petitioner had a right to condemn Defendants’ property.

The Petitioner-Appellee, Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation, is a public body corporate and politic organized under the Tennessee Authorities Law as set forth in T.C.A. § 13-20-101 et seq., as amended, for the purposes of blighted area clearance and redevelopment and operates under Chapter 114 of the Public Acts of 1945 and as provided in T.C.A. § 13-20-201, et seq. Under the statutes a housing authority…