Tennessee Code 65-6-121 – Compensation for damages from construction on county highway
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 65-6-121
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Road: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Section 65-6-120 shall not be construed so as to prevent the owners of land abutting upon such road from obtaining due compensation for damages arising from the construction of such railroad, such damages to be just compensation for all property taken, injured, or damaged by the building or operations of the railroad, such damages to be ascertained and paid before the right to appropriate the property to be occupied shall accrue, as provided by law.