Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-04-09
Sweeping Victory
For the City

For the City
Scott Survey Upheld in Supreme
Court Decision, Costs on
COmplainants
As matter Of great local inter-
est we give the Supreme Courts
decree in the "5cott Survey law
suit, 10 full II will be seen that
the victo.y OF the city is complete
and sweeping. The Scott lines
are held TO be correct and the city
given the right to take and use all
land included therein. II is not
probable, however, that, any ex-
treme or drastic action will he tax.
en-. We hope and earnestly urge
that all street differences be ad-
justed hereafter with a view TO
the best interest of all concerned,
so as to work a minimum of hard.
ship on any individual, in a spirit
of mutual satisfaction, friendliness
and good faith.
The decree is as follows:
CITY Of Lawrencebure, No. ,
Plaintiff in error Lawrence
VS.. County
L.F. Gum el al. Equity.
Defendants in error, Decree.
This Cause was tbs day heard by
the Court upon the Petition Of the City
OF Lawrencebure, Plaintiff in Error, for
CerliOrari, accompanied by assignments
OF error and briefs, and upon the an
swer thereto by the defendants, in err
ror, L. F. Gum ct AL, and the Court
being Of opinion that the petition is
we'll taken, doth allow the same.
WhereupOn, the entire record in the
cause being tranierred 10 this Court
from the Honorable, the Court Of Civil
Appeals, the cause was heard BY this
court upon the entire record including
The said petition for ceriiOrari, Assign.
ments Of Error and Brief and Answer
thereto, and Transcript Of the cause
from the ChancerY Court Of Lawrence
County, the proceedings in the Court Oi
Civil Appeals, and from all of which the
Court being Of opinion that there /:
manifest error in the decree Of the
ChancerY Court as appealed from anC
in the decree of the Court Of Civil Ap
peals in affirming the same, doth
so adjudse and decree, and doth Sc
aside and reverse that portion Of the
decree of the Chancery Court appealed
from and also the decree of the COur
of Civil Appeals affirming the same.
And it appearing TO the court tha
the location of the lines of the street,
and alleys of the City Of Lawrenceburi
so far as fixed by the recent surVel
known as the Scott survey" are cOrrec
in so far as said survey located th
said lines according TO the Origina
plats of the City, and as the streets ant
alleys we're originally laid off and plat
ted, and that the map Of the said sur
veV as adopted by the City Council is
correct map, the Court doth so adiudg
and decree.
And II further appearing to th
Court that the cOmplainants in th
court below in this cause have er
crOached upon the streets of the Cit
of Lawrenceburs, by extending eithe
their buildings or fences out upon th
streets 10 such extent as the SAN
extended out over and across the line
as fixed by said survey SO far as in al
cold with said plats and into th
streets, aud that COmplainants have n
right thus to encrOach upon aud oil
struct the streets. but that the City {
Lawrenceburg has the right TO aba
and remove said encrOachments an
distractions from the streets aud thu
to clear the streets back TO said lin,
as aforesaid and TO erect sidewalks
accordance with said survey as afOr