Legal Opinion
Denny v. Wilson County
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided August 2, 1955PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Prewitt
This is a suit instituted by plaintiffs, Denny and wife, to recover of Wilson County, damages for a change in the grade of a right-of-way in front of their property, on the West side of State Highway No. 10 in the 10th Civil District of Wilson County, Tennessee, and North of the City limits of Lebanon.
The Circuit Court sustained a demurrer to the declaration and dismissed the suit.
The appeal'here states that the strip involved is 101 feet long, and contains 0.09 acres, more or less.
The declaration sets out that when the plaintiffs signed the warranty deed to the right-of-way it was…
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