Counties are empowered to condemn and take the property, buildings, privileges, rights, and easements of individuals and private corporations for any county purpose.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-17-201
County purposes
Acts 1909, ch. 144, § 2; Shan., § 1880a17; impl. am
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