(a) Where the opening, changing, or closing of a public highway only affects one (1) commissioner‘s district, the commissioner shall associate with two (2) other freeholders of the district with whom the commissioner has never consulted on the question involved, and who shall be in no way related to the parties affected by the opening, changing, or closing of the highway, and who shall take and subscribe to an oath before the commissioner to act without favor or partiality in the matter, whose oaths, thus subscribed, shall become part of the record, upon appeal being taken.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 54-10-204

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of transportation. See Tennessee Code 54-5-103
  • Highway: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The commissioner and two (2) freeholders shall constitute a jury of view.
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