Hawkins v. Dawn

This suit was brought by plaintiff against Knox County for damages for the taking of a ten foot strip of her lot for road purposes, and for incidental damages to her remaining land. This lot had been conveyed to her by William C. Dawn and wife, and she also sued them for breach of warranty, alleging they had previously conveyed this strip to the County, by an unrecorded deed, without disclosing the fact when they conveyed to her; but she later dismissed the suit as to them.

Defendant Knox County filed a plea of res judicata in bar of the suit, averring plaintiff had already sued the County on…