Brookside Mills, Inc. v. Moulton

This is a condemnation proceeding brought by D. W. Moulton, as Commissioner of the Department of Highways and Public Works of the State of Tennessee, to acquire 9840 square feet of land owned by the defendant, Brookside Mills, Incorporated, to be used in the construction of the North-South Expressway through Knoxville, Tennessee, known as Interstate 75.

The property taken was a portion of a 20-acre tract of land located near the geographic center of Knoxville. The south boundary of the 20-acre tract abutted some 620 feet on Baxter Avenue, a major east-west traffic artery in Knoxville. The…