ALLEN v. HARVEY


568 S.W.2d 829 (1978)

David Lee ALLEN, Petitioner, v. Purtie HARVEY et al., and Waverly Housing Authority, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark H. Collier, Waverly, Claude Callicott, Nashville, for petitioner.

John Lee Williams, Porch, Peeler & Williams, Noble L. Freeman, Waverly, Robert L. Littleton, Dickson, for respondents.


OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

This is an eminent domain proceeding in which no question is raised as to the right to condemn or the amount of compensation. The sole question is who is entitled to receive the $11,300.00 paid into court as damages for the taking of the land. Specifically, we must decide whether a child born out of wedlock may inherit from and through his father. The trial court concluded that he could not and the Court of Appeals affirmed. We granted...

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