Alfred Phosphate Co. v. Duck River Phosphate Co.

The object of this petition is to condemn certain property belonging to the defendant company in the exercise of the right of eminent domain claimed under the laws of Tennessee. Complainant is a mining and manufacturing corporation, organized under chapter 142, p. 232, Acts 1875, with the powers therein conferred. Among other powers granted, it is provided therein:

“The said corporation shall have the right, in pursuance of the general law authorizing the condemnation of private property for works of internal improvement as set forth in sections 1844 to 1867 inclusive, to condemn a right of…