LEAHY v. CITY OF KNOXVILLE


245 S.W.2d 772 (1951)

LEAHY et al. v. CITY OF KNOXVILLE.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Petition to Rehear January 4, 1952.

Petition Denied February 9, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.F. Atkins, Clarence Blackburn, J.C. Thomason, and Taylor & Badgett, all of Knoxville, for complainants.

Fowler, Long & Fowler, John A. Rowntree, Foster D. Arnett and R.C. Smith, Jr., all of Knoxville, for defendants.


PREWITT, Justice.

The complainants filed their bill charging that the City of Knoxville on April 24, 1951 passed a resolution authorizing an investigation of the various departments of the city government in legislative matters; that on June 5, 1951 the council passed a resolution authorizing an investigation of the activities of city officials and other employees during the recent session of the Tennessee Legislature, for the purpose of disclosing whether undue or...

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