Davidson County Board of Education v. First American National Bank

301 S.W.2d 905 (1957)

DAVIDSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

v.

FIRST AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK, Trustee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

April 1, 1957.

Rehearing Denied May 3, 1957.

Elmer D. Davies, Jr., County Atty., Nashville, for petitioner.

Gracey & Buck and James C. Summers, Nashville, for respondent.

BURNETT, Justice.

This is a condemnation case in which the Board of Education sought to condemn 16.55 acres of a 52.5 acre tract of land for the purpose of erecting a school building in Davidson County.

The jury of view fixed the value for the property taken at $32,387 and allowed $8,097 as incidental damages.…