Legal Opinion
Scott v. Roane County
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 3, 1972PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JENKINS, Special Justice.
Plaintiff brought two actions in the Circuit Court for Roane County, Tennessee, on the 14th day of May, 1968, by filing a cost bond with the Clerk of the Court and causing summons to issue for the defendant, Roane County, Tennessee, which summonses were executed and returned in each case. The actions claimed damages for the taking of two separate parcels of land which were not contiguous. The summons in each case contained the following language : “. . . .to answer C. E. Scott in an action for damages in the amount of .” One action was for $7,500.-00, and the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Johnson v. Roane CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1963
- Sullivan County v. PopeTennessee Supreme Court · 1969
3Cited by5 opinions
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