CHEATHAM v. CARTER COUNTY TENNESSEE

No. 16779.

363 F.2d 582 (1966)

William T. CHEATHAM, Jr., Robert A. Collier, Jr. and Avery S. Jones, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CARTER COUNTY, TENNESSEE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

July 20, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. J. Milligan, Greeneville, Tenn. (Milligan, Silvers & Coleman, Greeneville, Tenn., Ferdinand Powell, Jr., Epps, Powell, Weller, Taylor & Miller, Johnson City, Tenn., on the brief), for appellants.

Jack R. Musick, County Atty., Elizabethton, Tenn. (Robert E. Banks, Elizabethton, Tenn., on the brief; Street, Banks, Merryman & Musick, Elizabethton, Tenn., of counsel), for appellee.

Before O'SULLIVAN and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges, and CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.


CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.

William T. Cheatham, Jr., Robert A. Collier, Jr. and Avery S. Jones, plaintiffs-appellants, whom we will call plaintiffs, brought this action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Northeastern Division, to recover compensation for land taken under condemnation proceedings by Carter County, Tennessee, defendant-appellant, and referred to herein as defendant. The complaint was filed on May 19, 1965, and...

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