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Millionaire fires back at TVA after feds sued him for trespassing

Allan Jones' boathouse is infringing on TVA's property, according to a complaint filed in federal court. The agency says that Jones has refused to remove the structures, despite being warned during construction that he was trespassing.
Allan Jones' boathouse is infringing on TVA's property, according to a complaint filed in federal court. The agency says that Jones has refused to remove the structures, despite being warned during construction that he was trespassing. Allan Jones' boathouse is infringing on TVA's property, according to a complaint filed in federal court. The agency says that Jones has refused to remove the structures, despite being warned during construction that he was trespassing.

By Times Free Press Staff 2 min read

photo Allan Jones’ boathouse is infringing on TVA’s property, according to a complaint filed in federal court. The agency says that Jones has refused to remove the structures, despite being warned during construction that he was trespassing.

Updated

Updated at 6:15 p.m. with a comment from businessman Allan Jones.

photo Allan Jones, owner of payday loan enterprise Check Into Cash, walks through the gathered crowd at the Hardwick Field maintenance hangar during an auction of the old Cleveland, Tenn., airport property. Jones bought most of the former airfield property.

TVA has sued Cleveland businessman W. Allan Jones for trespassing on its land, by building a dock, retaining wall, boat ramp and boathouse on property owned by the U.S. government, according to a complaint filed in federal court.

Jones, for his part, blamed TVA for the impasse.

“At TVA’s choice, Bates Bend will now have to resolve this matter at great expense to the public and private citizens in Federal Court,” he said in a statement. “Unfortunately, governmental entities operate in this fashion on occasion.”

Jones’ structures, built on the left descending bank of the Hiwassee River, are on property acquired by TVA in 1939, according to a copy of a deed attached to the complaint.