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JONES v. COCKE COUNTY

456 S.W.2d 665 (1970)

Dave JONES, Mary Ellen Easterly, Emma Neil, Roberta Shultz, Cissy McCamey, Nancy Ann Charles and Ralph Charles, Appellees-Appellants, v. COCKE COUNTY, Tennessee, Appellants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section.

Rehearing Denied April 1, 1970.

Certiorari Denied July 6, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred L. Meyers, Sr., Myers & Myers, Edward F. Hurd, Newport, for Cocke County.

J. Kenneth Porter, Porter & Porter, Newport, for Dave Jones, and others.

Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court July 6, 1970.

MATHERNE, Judge.

This is an inverse condemnation suit wherein the plaintiff landowners sue Cocke County for the taking of and damage to their property by flooding. It is alleged that the construction of a bridge and approaching embankment thereto severely restricted the natural drainage of the flood waters of the Nolichucky River, causing plaintiffs' property to be...

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