It is the intent of the general assembly that the power of eminent domain shall be used sparingly, and that laws permitting the use of eminent domain shall be narrowly construed so as not to enlarge, by inference or inadvertently, the power of eminent domain.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-17-101
Legislative intent
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Mack Phillips v. Montgomery County, Tennessee (2014)
Most recently applied in Mack Phillips v. Montgomery County, Tennessee (August 2014)
Acts 2006, ch. 863, § 1.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.