Tennessee § 29-16-101 - Power for internal improvements.

§ 29-16-101. Power for internal improvements.

Any person or corporation authorized by law to construct any railroad, turnpike, canal, toll bridge, road, causeway, or other work of internal improvement to which the like privilege is conceded, may take the real estate of individuals, not exceeding the amount prescribed by law, or by the charter under which the person or corporation acts, in the manner and upon the terms herein provided. Code 1858, § 1325; Shan., § 1844; Code 1932, § 3109; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1401. Cross-References. Applicability of chapter to metropolitan port authorities, § 7-5-108 . Blighted or deteriorated vacant property, eminent domain proceedings, § 13-21-206 . Costs of trial, § 29-17-912 . Emergency powers of governor, § 58-2-114 . Notice of eminent domain proceedings, § 6-54-122 . Private property not to be taken for public use without just compensation, Tenn. Const., art. I, § 21. State power to acquire and reclaim mining land, § 59-8-324 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 5 Tenn. Juris., Canals, § 1; 5 Tenn. Juris., Cemeteries, § 4; 10 Tenn. Juris., Eminent Domain, §§ 2, 6, 47, 53, 72; 13 Tenn. Juris., Gas Companies, § 8; 24 Tenn. Juris., Turnpikes and Tollroads, § 3. Law Reviews. Constitutional Law (Paul H. Sanders), 6 Vand. L. Rev. 1159. “Just Compensation” For Lessor And Lessee (John D. Johnston, Jr.), 22 Vand. L. Rev. 293. Procedure and Evidence — 1959 Tennessee Survey (Edmund M. Morgan), 12 Vand. L. Rev. 1281. Property Law — Buhl v. US Sprint Communications Co.: Ascertaining the Rights of Fee Owners On Whose Land A Railroad Easement Exists, 22 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 843 (1992). Real Property — 1956 Tennessee Survey (Herman L. Trautman), 9 Vand. L. Rev. 1089. Real Property — Zoning Ordinances — Validity, 39 Tenn. L. Rev. 542. The Institution and Prosecution of Condemnation Proceedings (Will Allen Wilkerson), 26 Tenn. L. Rev. 325. Attorney General Opinions. Condemnation for railroad spur benefiting a private business, OAG 92-32 (4/13/92). A pipeline corporation has the right to condemn an easement for pipelines that will be used for the transportation and distribution of liquid petroleum products such as gasoline, kerosene, home heating oil, or jet fuel, OAG 01-171 (12/12/01). Comparative Legislation. Eminent domain: Ala. Code § 18-1A-1 et seq. Ark. Code § 18-15-101 et seq. Ga. O.C.G.A. § 22-2-1 et seq. Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 416.010 et seq. Miss. Code Ann. § 11-27-1 et seq. Mo. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 523.010 et seq. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 40A-1 et seq. Va. Code § 25.1-100 et seq.