Irvin v. City of Clarksville

OPINION

KOCH, Judge.

This appeal involves a city’s demolition of a fire-damaged house. An owner of an interest in the property filed a pro se action in the Law and Equity Court for Montgomery County seeking compensatory and punitive damages. The trial court heard the matter without a jury and entered a judgment for the city at the close of the plaintiff’s proof. The property owner has appealed. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

I

Robert Irvin and his mother, Louise Irvin, are “legal co-owners” of a house on Ninth Street in Clarksville. After the house was seriously damaged by fire, they…