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FRAZER v. CARR

360 S.W.2d 449 (1962)

Lewis FRAZER et al., Appellants, v. Joe C. CARR, Secretary, etc., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

October 4, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Waller, Davis & Lansden, Nashville, for complainants-appellants Lewis Frazer and others.

Robert H. Jennings, Jr., City Atty., Phillips Gullett & Steele, Nashville, for defendants and cross-complainants-appellants, Ben West, Mayor, and City of Nashville.

Boult, Hunt, Cummings & Connors, Nashville, Shelton Luton, Davidson County Atty., for defendants and cross-defendants-appellees, Beverly Briley, County Judge, and Davidson County and Metropolitan Charter Commission.

Milton P. Rice, Asst. Atty. Gen., for George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., and Joe C. Carr, Secretary of State.

Hooker, Hooker & Willis, Nashville, for Clifford Allen, County Tax Assessor.

TOMLINSON, Special Justice. Court.

This is a suit filed under the declaratory judgment law. Its purpose is to have declared void the recently established Metropolitan Government by a consolidation of all, or substantially all, of the governmental and corporate functions of Davidson County, (its population being more than 200,000) and of Nashville, its principal city. Section 6-3702 T.C.A.

Thus was created, unless the proceedings are void, a governmental entity...

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