Tennessee Code 7-31-107 – Condemnation for streets
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-31-107
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Wherever any municipal corporation shall seek to condemn lands to be used in establishing, widening, extending, or otherwise improving its public streets, alleys, highways, parks, parkways, or boulevards, it shall have full power to condemn the fee of the land necessary to be taken, by paying the fair cash market value of the land to be fixed in the manner provided by law where private property is taken for public use.