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Constitutional Law--1960 Tennessee Survey, James C. Kirby Jr.
Constitutional Law--1960 Tennessee Survey, James C. Kirby Jr.
Vanderbilt Law Review
Eminent Domain--Just Compensation.-Landowners sued the Tennessee Commissioner of Highways and Public Works for compensation for a taking of property for the state's superhighway program in Brooksbank v. Leech. The trial court sustained a demurrer on the ground that the suit was barred by sovereign immunity. In order to dispose of this question on appeal the supreme court first determined whether the legislature had provided an adequate statutory method for just compensation, the absence of which would have rendered the taking unconstitutional under both article I, section 21, of the Constitution of Tennessee and the due process clause of the United …
Real Property -- 1960 Tennessee Survey, Thomas G. Roady, Jr.
Real Property -- 1960 Tennessee Survey, Thomas G. Roady, Jr.
Vanderbilt Law Review
It is unfortunate that the statutes in this state on which such decisions as the instant one are based have not long since been repealed or modified. It is becoming more and more apparent that the courts cannot be expected to lessen the oftentimes arbitrary and seemingly unjust result which flows from the literal application of these statutes. The instant case would have been an excellent one in which to permit the defendant to establish the title of his grantors on the merits. But in spite of the desirability of relaxing the rigorous enforcement of such statutes, the court continues …