FORD MOTOR COMPANY v. PACE


335 S.W.2d 360 (1960)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY v. Chester R. PACE, etc., et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing denied May 4, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Swiggart, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hooker, Keeble, Dodson & Harris, Nashville, for appellants.

Allison B. Humphreys, Sol. Gen., Nashville, for George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., appellant.

Cecil Sims, Nashville, for appellee, Ford Motor Co.

Edwin F. Hunt, of Howard, Davis, Boult & Hunt, Nashville, for General Motors, amicus curiae.

J. E. McCadden and Walter P. Armstrong, Jr., of Armstrong, McCadden, Allen, Braden & Goodman, Memphis, for Chrysler Corp., amicus curiae.


BURNETT, Justice.

The original bill in this cause was filed by the Ford Motor Company seeking declaratory judgment as to the validity of Chapter 79 of the Public Acts of 1955 (now codified as Sections 59-1701 through 59-1720, as this Chapter was amended by subsequent Acts), and if valid, construction of the Act. We take jurisdiction only on the proposition that the constitutionality of the statute "is the sole determinative...

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