CITY OF ELIZABETHTON v. CARTER COUNTY


321 S.W.2d 822 (1958)

CITY OF ELIZABETHTON, Tennessee, et al., Petitioner, v. CARTER COUNTY, Tennessee, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Overruled January 23, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lodge Evans, Elizabethton, for petitioner.

Lewis Merryman, and Lloyd Shell, County Atty, and Banks, Street & Banks, Elizabethton, for respondents.


SWEPSTON, Justice.

This is a suit for a declaratory judgment under T.C.A. sec. 23-1101 et seq. The petitioners are, in addition to the City of Elizabethton, Peter W. Hampton, a citizen and resident of Elizabethton, and the City Judge thereof. The respondents are, in addition to Carter County, the County Judge the County Attorney, the Criminal Judge for the First Circuit, the Attorney General for the First Judicial Circuit...

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