STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. THORNTON


415 S.W.2d 884 (1967)

STATE of Tennessee, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Petitioner, v. Sam J. THORNTON, Ezra Thornton and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville-Davidson County, Tennessee, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section.

February 24, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., Howell & Fisher, Nashville, for petitioner.

M.S. Ross, Ben L. Roskin and J. William Rutherford, Nashville, for respondents.


OPINION

PURYEAR, Judge.

In this case a petition for common law writs of certiorari and supersedeas has been presented to the Court by the petitioner, State of Tennessee, by and through its Department of Highways.

This is a condemnation suit in which the State of Tennessee filed a petition against the respondents, Sam J. Thornton, Ezra Thornton, and Metropolitan Government of Nashville-Davidson County, Tennessee, on August 29, 1966, seeking to condemn...

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