CITY OF MEMPHIS v. TANDY J. GILLILAND

No. W2011-01611-COA-R3-CV.

391 S.W.3d 60 (2012)

CITY OF MEMPHIS, A Municipal Corporation for the Use and Benefit of Memphis Light Gas and Water v. TANDY J. GILLILAND FAMILY, L.L.C., et al.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section, at Jackson.

August 29, 2012.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court January 14, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall D. Noel , John C. Henegan , Elizabeth E. Chance , and Charlotte Knight Griffin , Memphis, Tennessee, and Norman P. Hagemeyer , Ellendale, Tennessee, for the appellants, City of Memphis, A Municipal Corporation for the Use and Benefit of Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division.

Robert A. McLean and Allison Kay Moody , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellees, Tandy J. Gilliland Family, L.L.C., Tandy Jones Gilliland, Trustee, Tandy J. Gilliland and Rudolph Jones, Jr., L.L.C., and Regina Morrison Newman, Shelby County Trustee.


OPINION

J. STEVEN STAFFORD, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ALAN E. HIGHERS, P.J., W.S., and HOLLY M. KIRBY, J., joined.

This is a condemnation case. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Appellees, the landowners, finding that Appellant MLGW's attempted condemnation was not necessary. The evidence clearly establishes that MLGW had the right to take, and that the taking was for a public purpose. Therefore, the burden fell...

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