Legal Opinion

Woolard v. Nashville

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided March 8, 1902PublishedCited by 6 opinions

PROM DAVIDSON. Appeal in error from tbe Circuit Court of Davidson County. J. W. BohNer, J.

1Opinion of the CourtBeard, J.

The plaintiffs are the owners of a house and lot fronting on Church Street, in the city of Nashville, the south boundary line of the lot corresponding with the middle line of the street. They have instituted this suit to recover damages inflicted by the city, according to the-*356averments of the declaration, in the construction of a viaduct built along and over Church Street (and the approaches thereto), which runs in front of the “house of plaintiffs, seriously interfering with the right of ingress to and egress therefrom, and otherwise inflicting injury upon their property.”

The defense of the…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Davidson v. New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Stuart v. . PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
  3. B. & O. Railroad v. P. W. & Ky. RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1881
  4. Swan v. WilliamsMichigan Supreme Court · 1852
  5. McAulay v. Western Vermont RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1860

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Vaulx v. Tennessee Central RailroadTennessee Supreme Court · 1907
  2. Knoxville Ice & Cold Storage Co. v. City of KnoxvilleTennessee Supreme Court · 1925
  3. Clouse v. GarfinkleTennessee Supreme Court · 1950
  4. Smith v. GrizzardTennessee Supreme Court · 1923
  5. Clouse v. GarfinkleTennessee Supreme Court · 1950

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