JONES v. CITY OF JACKSON


259 S.W.2d 649 (1953)

JONES v. CITY OF JACKSON et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 5, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herron C. Pearson and Oliver H. Jones, Jackson, for complainant.

W.E. Leech and Waldrop, Hall & Winningham, Jackson, for defendants.


PREWITT, Justice.

The bill in this cause was filed by Kirby Jones, a furniture dealer in the City of Jackson, to have declared void an ordinance of the city which undertakes to regulate the sale of personal property by auction within the corporate limits, but excepting auction sales by a judicial order and such sales by executors or administrators, trustees, etc.

A demurrer was filed by the city and the eighth ground thereof was sustained by the Chancellor...

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