Rogers v. City of Knoxville

This case is styled in reverse, the defendant below, City of Knoxville, having appealed in error from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, H. E. Rogers, who sued for damages to his lots by reason of the construction thereon of an electric transmission line.

The city contends that it acquired the right to build the line under a grant of Tennessee Valley Authority dated July 2, 1952, purporting to convey to it portions “of the right of way formerly occupied by the Arlington Holston Quarry K V transmission line and the Arlington-Water-ville 110 K V line” some 20 miles in length and crossing at a…