Chumbley v. State

Me. Justice, GailoR

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The declaration in this case was filed by John A. Chumbley on June 30, 1945, in the Circuit) Court of Coffee County, against the State of Tennessee and certain of its officers. The declaration is in two counts: By the first, plaintiff insists that he is entitled to possession of 17 acres of land now in the possession of the State of Tennessee, and, therefore, seeks the dispossession of the state and an award of the fair rental value of the property for the time said tract has been held by the state; and by the second count, that he be…