STATE v. SIMMONS


287 S.W.2d 71 (1956)

STATE of Tennessee v. Jesse SIMMONS, Jr.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 3, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.J. Jewell, Jr., Murfreesboro, for plaintiff in error.

Knox Bigham, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


SWEPSTON, Justice.

This appeal involves the question of the constitutionality of Chapter 267, Public Acts of 1955. The Trial Judge held the Act unconstitutional.

The substance of the pertinent parts of the Act for the purpose of this case are the following:

Section 1 provides that all Courts of General Sessions and similar inferior Courts heretofore or hereafter created by the Legislature throughout the State are vested with jurisdiction to determine...

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