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BLEDSOE COUNTY v. McREYNOLDS

703 S.W.2d 123 (1985)

BLEDSOE COUNTY, Tennessee, Appellant, v. Eleanor Bruce McREYNOLDS, Executrix; the Navarre Investment Company; and Cane Company, Ltd., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

Rehearing Denied January 13, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Curtis Smith, Greer, Smith & Condra, Dunlap, for appellant.

W. Alan Nichols, Miller & Martin, Chattanooga, David R. Swafford, Pikeville, for appellees.

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

We granted Bledsoe County's Rule eleven application to decide the controlling issue in this case, to-wit: whether property owners who improve a public road in the mistaken belief that it was a private road, are entitled to be reimbursed by the governmental entity responsible for maintenance of the road.

This suit was brought to require defendants to reopen Meadow Creek Road to public use. Defendants own land adjacent to Meadow...

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