Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 42-3-109 (2026)

Eminent domain

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In the acquisition of property by eminent domain proceedings authorized by this chapter, an authority shall proceed in the manner provided by title 29, chapter 16. For the purpose of making surveys and examinations relative to eminent domain proceedings, it is lawful for the authority to enter upon the land, doing no unnecessary damage. Notwithstanding any other statute or other law, an authority may take possession of any property to be acquired by eminent domain proceedings at any time after the commencement of the proceedings. The authority shall not be precluded from abandoning the proceedings in any case where possession of the property has not been taken, even after a trial jury in circuit court has rendered a verdict as to damages for the property taken and at any time prior to the entry of a final decree disposing of the entire eminent domain proceedings.

Acts 1957, ch. 376, § 8; T.C.A., § 42-609.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 27 cases, 2001–2006 · leading case: Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. v. Rufus Reese (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006).

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Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. v. Rufus Reese (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 4× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 42-3-109 (emphasis added).”

Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. v. Ronald R. Dunn (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 4× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 42-3-109 (emphasis added).”

Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. v. Robert G. Ingrum (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 4× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 42-3-109 (emphasis added).”

Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. v. Rebecca Warren (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 4× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 42-3-109 (emphasis added).”

Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. v. Nikki Wallace (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 4× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 42-3-109 (emphasis added).”

Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. v. Michael Rippy (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 4× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 42-3-109 (emphasis added).”

Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. v. James R. Stephenson (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 4× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 42-3-109 (emphasis added).”

Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. v. James Lassiter (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 4× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 42-3-109 (emphasis added).”

Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. v. Fred Thomas McKee (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 4× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 42-3-109 (emphasis added).”

Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. v. Fred P. Walter (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 4× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 42-3-109 (emphasis added).”

Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. v. Charles Carter (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 4× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 42-3-109 (emphasis added).”

Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. v. Charles A. Deshler & Martha A. Deshler Jt. Caring Trust (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 4× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 42-3-109 (emphasis added).”

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