State ex rel. Smith v. Overstreet

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

This is the second appeal of a condemnation proceeding occasioned by a highway *501project. The previous opinion of this Court is reported, State ex rel. Smith v. Overstreet, 533 S.W.2d 283 (Tenn.1976). In it the factual background and the basic claims of the parties are discussed in some detail. These need not be repeated here.

Pursuant to that opinion, the case was remanded for a new trial limited to the single issue of moving expenses, past or future, made necessary by the taking of a six-acre tract upon which respondent was conducting a sawmill and lumber business. All…