Tennessee Code 29-17-203 – Taking bridge property pending litigation
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 29-17-203
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Pending the assessment of damages or any litigation in regard thereto, in any case of authorized taking and condemnation, the counties may give bond, with good and sufficient security payable to the owner or owners of such lands, property, buildings, riparian, or property rights, privileges, or easements, to pay promptly to the owner or owners any amount of damages which may be assessed by the jury as provided for in § 29-17-202; and, upon executing and filing such bond, may thereupon take such lands, property, buildings, riparian and property rights and privileges and easements.