STATE v. HICKMAN


229 S.W.2d 495 (1950)

STATE ex rel. GALLAHER v. HICKMAN, County Judge.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

April 29, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Williams, Cummings & West, Nashville, Ben West, Nashville, of counsel, for appellant.

Charles L. Cornelius and Horace Osment, County Attorney, Nashville, for appellee.


GAILOR, Justice.

The bill in this cause was filed for mandamus to compel the defendant as County Judge, to issue a warrant on the County Trustee, payable to relator, who is a night porter foreman at the Davidson County Court House, in an amount alleged to be due him as such County employee, for salary increase as provided in Chapter 805 of the Private Acts of 1949, which is applicable to Davidson County only.

Defendant demurred to the bill and asserted the...

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