Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 1995

J.T. Holt, and wife Gertrude Holt and Dennis Holt v. Opal Tolliver and Freddy L. Smelcer

J.T. Holt, and wife Gertrude Holt and Dennis Holt v. Opal Tolliver and Freddy L. Smelcer
Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Decided October 2, 1995 · Judge Houston M. Goddard

J.T. Holt, and wife Gertrude Holt and Dennis Holt v. Opal Tolliver and Freddy L. Smelcer

Opinion

I N THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE EASTERN SECTI ON FILED October 2, 1995 Cecil Crowson, Jr. Appellate C ourt Clerk J . T. HOLT a nd wi f e ) GREENE COUNTY GERTRUDE HOLT a nd ) 03A01- 9505- CH- 00161 DENNI S HOLT ) ) Pl a i nt i f f s - Appe l l e e s ) ) ) v. ) HON. DENNI S H. I NMAN, ) CHANCELLOR ) OPAL TOLLI VER a nd ) FREDDY L. SM ELCER ) ) De f e nda nt s - Appe l l a nt s ) AFFI RMED AND REMANDED

FRANCI S X. SANTORE a nd FRANCI S X. SANTORE, J R. , OF GREENEVI LLE FOR APPELLANTS KYLE K. KI NG a nd K. KI DWELL KI NG, J R. , OF GREENEVI LLE FOR APPELLEES

O P I N I O N

Godda r d, P. J .

Thi s i s a s ui t t o de t e r mi ne t he bounda r y l i ne be t we e n t h e Pl a i nt i f f s ' a nd t he De f e nda nt s ' pr ope r t y a nd t o c onf i r m t ha t t h e Pl a i nt i f f s ha ve a r i ght - of - wa y ove r t he pr ope r t y of t he De f e nd a nt s .

The Tr i a l Cour t f ound a dve r s e l y t o t he De f e nda nt s ' c o n t e n t i on a s t o t he l oc a t i on of t he bounda r y l i ne a nd t he e x i s t e n c e of t he r i ght - of - wa y, r e s ul t i ng i n t hi s a ppe a l whi c h c o n t e n d s t he Tr i a l Cour t wa s i n e r r or i n bot h r e s pe c t s .

Our r e vi e w of t he r e c or d pe r s ua de s us t hi s i s a n a p p r o p r i a t e c a s e f or a f f i r ma nc e unde r Rul e 10( a ) of t hi s Cour t .

The Cha nc e l l or i s a c c or di ngl y a f f i r me d a nd t he c a us e i s r e ma n d e d f or s uc h f ur t he r pr oc e e di ngs , i f a ny, a s ma y be n e c e s s a r y a nd c ol l e c t i on of c os t s be l ow. Cos t s of a ppe a l a r e a d j u d g e d a ga i ns t t he De f e n da nt s .

_______________________________ Hous t on M Godda r d, P. J . .

CONCUR:

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Ru l e 1 0 . ( a) Af f i r ma n c e W t h o u t Op i n i o n . i Th e Co u r t , wi t h t h e c o n c u r r e n c e o f a l l j u d g e s p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n t h e c a s e , ma y a f f i r m t he ac t i on of t h e t r i a l c o u r t b y o r d e r wi t h o u t r e n d e r i n g a f o r ma l o p i n i o n wh e n a n o p i n i o n wo u l d h a v e n o p r e c e d e n t i a l v a l u e a n d o n e o r mo r e o f t h e f o l l o wi n g c i r c u ms t a n c e s e x i s t a n d a r e d i s p o s i t i v e o f t h e a p p e a l : ( 1) t h e Co u r t c o n c u r s i n t h e f a c t s a s f o u n d o r a s f ound by ne c e s s a r y i mp l i c a t i o n b y t h e t r i a l c o u r t .

( 2) t h e r e i s ma t e r i a l evi de nc e t o s uppor t t he ver di c t of t he j ur y.

( 3) no r e ve r s i bl e e r r or of l a w a ppe a r s .

S u c h c a s e s ma y b e a f f i r me d a s f o l l o ws : " Af f i r me d i n a c c o r d a n c e wi t h Co u r t o f Ap p e a l s Ru l e 1 0 ( a ) . " _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ________________________ Ch a r l e s D. Sus a no, J r . , J .

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