McLain v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “To enable the property owner to recover damages for land taken by the state for highway purposes our Supreme Court has held, since the state can not be sued, there exists a right of action against the county in a reverse condemnation proceeding. Otherwise there would be a right without a remedy and a taking without just compensation in violation of the constitution. Phillips v. Marion County, 166 Tenn. 83 , 59 S.W.2d 507 ; Baker v. Rose, 165 Tenn. 543 , 56 S.W.2d 732 ; Brooksbank v. Leech, 206 Tenn. 176, 182 , 332 S.W.2d 210 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. James C. Hise, Jr. and wife, Brenda L. Hise, State of Tennessee, Department of Transportationm Bruce Saltsman, Commissioner