Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-16-121 (2026)
Preliminary surveys
✓ current as of May 2026
A person or company actually intending to make application for the privileges herein contemplated, and entering upon the land of another for the purpose of making the requisite examinations and surveys, and doing no unnecessary injury, is liable only for the actual damage done, and, if sued in such case, the plaintiff shall recover only as much costs as damages.
Code 1858, § 1345; Shan., § 1864; Code 1932, § 3129; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1421.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 37
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2001–2025 · leading case: Palmer v. Atl. Coast Pipeline, LLC, 801 S.E.2d 414 (Va. 2017).
Palmer v. Atl. Coast Pipeline, LLC, 801 S.E.2d 414 (Va. 2017). “Codified Laws § 49-33-6 ; Tennessee, Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-16-121 ; Texas, Tex.”
Erica Wade v. Jackson-Madison Cnty. Gen. Hosp. Dist., 469 S.W.3d 54 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2015). “The Court, thus, concluded that the General Assembly’s decision to include in *67 Tennessee Code Annotated Section 29-26-101(a)(1) an express statement that claims against “the state or a political subdivision thereof’ are included in the definition of a “health care liability…”
Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. v. Rufus Reese (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). “After these property owners refused to permit the company to conduct preliminary examinations and surveys on their properties, the company filed separate complaints against the owners of each tract in the Circuit Court for Sumner County seeking orders authorizing it to conduct…”
Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. v. Ronald R. Dunn (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). “After these property owners refused to permit the company to conduct preliminary examinations and surveys on their properties, the company filed separate complaints against the owners of each tract in the Circuit Court for Sumner County seeking orders authorizing it to conduct…”
Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. v. Robert G. Ingrum (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). “After these property owners refused to permit the company to conduct preliminary examinations and surveys on their properties, the company filed separate complaints against the owners of each tract in the Circuit Court for Sumner County seeking orders authorizing it to conduct…”
Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. v. Rebecca Warren (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). “After these property owners refused to permit the company to conduct preliminary examinations and surveys on their properties, the company filed separate complaints against the owners of each tract in the Circuit Court for Sumner County seeking orders authorizing it to conduct…”
Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. v. Nikki Wallace (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). “After these property owners refused to permit the company to conduct preliminary examinations and surveys on their properties, the company filed separate complaints against the owners of each tract in the Circuit Court for Sumner County seeking orders authorizing it to conduct…”
Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. v. Michael Rippy (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). “After these property owners refused to permit the company to conduct preliminary examinations and surveys on their properties, the company filed separate complaints against the owners of each tract in the Circuit Court for Sumner County seeking orders authorizing it to conduct…”
Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. v. James R. Stephenson (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). “After these property owners refused to permit the company to conduct preliminary examinations and surveys on their properties, the company filed separate complaints against the owners of each tract in the Circuit Court for Sumner County seeking orders authorizing it to conduct…”
Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. v. James Lassiter (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). “After these property owners refused to permit the company to conduct preliminary examinations and surveys on their properties, the company filed separate complaints against the owners of each tract in the Circuit Court for Sumner County seeking orders authorizing it to conduct…”
Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. v. Fred Thomas McKee (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). “After these property owners refused to permit the company to conduct preliminary examinations and surveys on their properties, the company filed separate complaints against the owners of each tract in the Circuit Court for Sumner County seeking orders authorizing it to conduct…”
Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. v. Fred P. Walter (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). “After these property owners refused to permit the company to conduct preliminary examinations and surveys on their properties, the company filed separate complaints against the owners of each tract in the Circuit Court for Sumner County seeking orders authorizing it to conduct…”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-16-121(c) — 2 cases
Erica Wade v. Jackson-Madison Cnty. Gen. Hosp. Dist., 469 S.W.3d 54 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2015). “The Court, thus, concluded that the General Assembly’s decision to include in *67 Tennessee Code Annotated Section 29-26-101(a)(1) an express statement that claims against “the state or a political subdivision thereof’ are included in the definition of a “health care liability…”
Clayton D. Richards v. Vanderbilt Univ. Med. Ctr. (Tenn. 2025).
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