MILLER v. CITY OF BRENTWOOD


548 S.W.2d 878 (1975)

William T. MILLER et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF BRENTWOOD, Tennessee, etc., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section.

Certiorari Denied March 18, 1977.

Abridged Opinion April 1, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Harold Bigham, Robert D. Kamenshine, Nashville, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Robert H. Jennings, Jr., West, Jennings & Allen, Nashville, for defendant-appellant.


OPINION

(Abridged for Publication)

TODD, Judge.

The plaintiffs are five married couples. Each couple owns a home in Meadowlake Subdivision. A drainage ditch passes by and/or through the properties of plaintiffs which are in the lower portion of Meadowlake Subdivision.

The gravamen of this suit is that the City of Brentwood, by granting building permits for construction which reduced the absorption of rainfall into the earth, has authorized...

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