Condemnation of land for park purposes.
Memphis Charter, art. 57, § 577
in effectSec. 577. - Condemnation of land for park purposes.
The City of Memphis may condemn parks, or land for park purposes, under the power of eminent domain, and such City is hereby expressly given the power to condemn for park purposes the yards, switches, tracks, the depot and property of every character of any railroad company, and also the property of any manufacturing establishment, and also the property of any other person or corporation, either within or without the limits of said City, but not over ten miles beyond the nearest point in said limits, as such limits may be at the time of such condemnation, and the proceedings for the exercise of this power of condemnation shall be the same as that now provided by law for the taking of private property for public uses.
(Acts 1899, ch. 142, § 2)
Source: City of Memphis, Code of Ordinances and Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tn/memphis/codes/charter?nodeId=PTICHRELA_ART57PAPACO_S577COLAPAPUFetched: 10/28/2026