Legal Opinion
Norma Faye Pyles Lynch Family Purpose LLC v. Putnam County
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 16, 2009No. M2008-02634-SC-R10-CVPublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR„ J.,
delivered the opinion of the court,
in which JANICE M. HOLDER, C.J., CORNELIA A. CLARK, GARY R. WADE, and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.
This appeal involves the obligation of local governments to obtain a certificate of public purpose and necessity in order to condemn private property to develop an industrial park. Putnam County and the City of Cookeville filed a condemnation complaint in Circuit Court for Putnam County but then voluntarily dismissed their complaint to allow time to obtain the certificate of public purpose and necessity required by Tenn.Code Ann. §…
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