Knox County v. Lemarr Et Ux.

Defendants in error, W. P. Lemarr and wife, instituted this action against Knox county for damages to their property alleged to have been caused by a change in the grade of Shannondale road. Prom a verdict and ¡judgment in the amount of .$250, the county has appealed in error to this court. Por convenience we will refer to the parties as plaintiffs and defendant.

Plaintiffs purchased the property in question in 1920, the deed calling for the center of the road. At that time Shannondale road, ■upon which the property abuts for a distance of 11% poles, was used and maintained as a county…