ROSE v. CITY OF COVINGTON


634 S.W.2d 268 (1982)

Coy W. ROSE and Jeanette Rose, Appellants, v. The CITY OF COVINGTON, Tennessee, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

April 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Houston Gordon, Gordon & Forrester, Covington, for appellants.

William A. Peeler, City Atty., Covington, for appellee.


OPINION

FONES, Justice.

Coy Rose and wife brought this suit to rescind a sewer line easement granted to the City of Covington on the grounds of misrepresentation and for damages pursuant to the inverse condemnation statutes.

The trial court approved a jury verdict setting aside the easement upon a finding of misrepresentation and awarding a total of $17,500 in damages for reverse or inverse condemnation. The Court of Appeals reversed and remanded...

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