HICKS v. RHEA COUNTY


225 S.W.2d 544 (1949)

HICKS et al. v. RHEA COUNTY et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 17, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O. W. McKenzie, Dayton, for appellant.

C. P. Swafford and Walter H. Cheers, Dayton, for appellee.


GAILOR, Justice.

The appellants, referred to hereinafter as complainants, filed this action as an Injunction Bill against Rhea County, the County Trustee, and the three members of the Purchasing and Finance Commission, alleging that Chapter 317 of the Private Acts of 1949, by which the Commission was created, was unconstitutional and void. The complainants sued only as property owners and taxpayers, and their rights to make the assault on the Act are limited to their...

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