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GRIFFIS v. DAVIDSON CTY METRO. GOVERNMENT

164 S.W.3d 267 (2005)

Lillian E. GRIFFIS, et al. v. DAVIDSON COUNTY METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT d/b/a Davidson County Board of Education.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

May 26, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl F. Dean, J. Brooks Fox, and John L. Kennedy, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County.

John W. Barringer, Jr. and Justin D. Wear, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellees Lillian E. Griffis, Nellie Wheeler, and Audrey Griffis.

Randall G. Bennett and Vickie P. Hall, Nashville, Tennessee, for amicus curiae Tennessee School Boards Association.

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, J.J., joined.

In 1908, a fee simple determinable estate in real property was conveyed to the Davidson County Board of Education and its successors ("Metro"). The deed required the property to be used "for school purposes" and to be "devoted exclusively to the cause of education." The deed further...

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