FUQUA v. DAVIDSON COUNTY


227 S.W.2d 12 (1950)

FUQUA v. DAVIDSON COUNTY et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 10, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carmack Cochran, Nashville, for complainant.

Horace Osment, Nashville, for Davidson County.

Hugh B. Helm, Nashville, petitioner, in person.

Ben West, Nashville, for petitioner H. Sanders Anglea.


NEIL, Chief Justice.

This suit originated in the chancery court by bill of the complainant, L.B. Fuqua, seeking a declaratory judgment as to the constitutionality of Chapter 738, Private Acts of 1927, as amended by Chapter 336, Private Acts of 1949, regulating the holding of primary elections in Davidson County. The Acts were assailed as being constitutionally invalid upon numerous grounds, but particularly because House Bill No. 788, which was the designation of...

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