CAGLE v. McCANLESS


285 S.W.2d 118 (1955)

Herbert CAGLE et al. v. George F. McCANLESS et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 9, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. Myers and W.A. Wilkerson, Chattanooga, Nat Tipton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellants.

Robert & Weill, Chattanooga, for appellees.


NEIL, Chief Justice.

The complainants, as citizens and taxpayers of Hamilton County, filed their original bill in the Chancery Court against George F. McCanless, Attorney General of the State; the Commissioners of Election; members of the Hamilton County Council; and the Chairman of the County School Board, seeking a declaratory judgment to the end that Chapter 31 of the Private Acts of 1955 be declared unconstitutional.

The bill charges that the said Act...

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