STATE, COM'R OF TRANSP. DEPT. v. VANATTA


728 S.W.2d 341 (1986)

STATE of Tennessee, on Relation of the COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, For and on Behalf of DAVIDSON COUNTY, Petitioner-Appellee v. Jerry N. VANATTA, and wife, Jessie Huskins Vanatta, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section, at Nashville.

Permission of Appeal Denied April 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Katherine A. Austin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for petitioner-appellee.

Steve North, Nashville, for defendants-appellants.


Permission of Appeal Denied by Supreme Court April 6, 1987.

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

The question on this appeal can be reduced to this: When in an eminent domain case the State takes property fronting on the street and destroys the owner's access to the remainder, what burden does the owner have with respect to reestablishing the access?

Prior to November 30, 1982, the defendants, Jerry N. Vanatta, and wife, Jessie Huskins Vanatta, owned...

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