Emory v. City of Knoxville

Mb.. Justice Felts

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This snit was brought in the Chancery Court of Knox County by complainants, the widow and heirs at law of C. M. Emory, deceased, against defendants, the City of Knoxville, and the Tennessee Public Service Company, to set up complainants’ title and right to possession in a certain strip of land now being used and occupied by the City as a public street known as Walker Boulevard; or, in the alternative, to recover compensation for the land so taken for such use and the incidental damages resulting from the taking.

The bill was filed October…