Moulton v. George

This is a condemnation suit in which we have heretofore granted the petition for certiorari by the Commissioner of Highways and Public Works of the State of Tennessee. The question for determination is whether or not the lower courts acted illegally in rendering a judgment by adding the leasehold interest to the amount found to be the value of the fee simple title?

The question posed comes about under a factual situation, as follows: The Commissioner brought suit to condemn approximately a quarter of an acre of land belonging to Mrs. G-eorge which had been leased to one Morgan who had upon it…