It is lawful for any person owning town lots, or lands adjoining the public highways or streets in any village or unincorporated town in the state, to construct suitable sidewalks on those highways or streets along the line of the lots or lands.
Construction of sidewalks authorized
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-31-105, under Streets and Other Public Improvements.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-31-105