EXXON CORP. v. METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT


72 S.W.3d 638 (2002)

EXXON CORPORATION v. METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY, Tennessee, et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

March 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott K. Haynes, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Exxon Corporation.

John L. Kennedy, Shayna Abrams, and Daniel Champney, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellants, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee, and Metropolitan Beer Permit Board of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee.


OPINION

FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which E. RILEY ANDERSON, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., JANICE M. HOLDER, and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined.

We granted permission to appeal in this case to determine whether the Court of Appeals erred in defining the phrase "on that same location" as it is used in Tenn.Code Ann. § 57-5-109 to mean anywhere within the boundary lines of the property. We hold that such a definition,...

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