Jones v. L & N Railroad

ABRIDGED OPINION

TODD, Presiding Judge.

(With the concurrence of participating judges, the original opinion has been abridged for publication.)

This is an extraordinary appeal by one of the defendants, The State of Tennessee, from an order of the Chancellor overruling the motion of the State to dismiss on grounds of sovereign immunity.

The plaintiffs, owners or lessees of property in the vicinity of Seven Mile Creek and Mill Creek in Davidson County, sued the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, John T. Dugger,. Jr., and Thomas K. Sanders d/b/a Space Park Company, Hardaway Construction…