Maryville Housing Authority v. Williams

OPINION

COOPER, Presiding Judge (E.S.).

The Maryville Housing Authority condemned a part of the land owned by the defendants, R. Hobart Williams and wife Bessie B. Williams, to be used in the construction of a public parking facility as part of an urban renewal project in downtown Maryville, Tennessee. The jury awarded the defendants $16,350.00 for the property taken and $10,000.00 for incidental damages to the defendants’ remaining property. The Housing Authority appealed insisting (1) the incidental damages awarded were excessive, and (2) the trial judge erred in peremptorily instructing the…