DONAHOO v. MASON & DIXON LINES


285 S.W.2d 125 (1955)

J.W. DONAHOO et al. v. MASON & DIXON LINES, Inc., et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 9, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence A. Bales, Jefferson City, for complainants.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., Allison B. Humphreys, Jr., Sol. Gen., Nashville, Milton P. Rice, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant George F. McCanless.

Hale & Wisecarver, Jefferson City, for defendant C.F. Noe.

Edgerton, McAfee, Armistead & Davis, Knoxville, for defendant Bush Bros. & Co.


SWEPSTON, Justice.

This case was filed by complainants as citizens, residents, and taxpayers of Jefferson County in behalf of themselves and others of like status against defendants engaged in hauling by truck of heavy loads of freight over the highways in the County of Jefferson in the State of Tennessee. The object of the bill was to obtain a declaratory judgment as to the validity of certain general statutes of the State.

The bill attacks Chapter 3, Public...

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