COUNTY OF SHELBY v. CITY OF MEMPHIS


365 S.W.2d 291 (1963)

COUNTY OF SHELBY et al. v. CITY OF MEMPHIS et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 7, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Lee Winchester, Jr., Memphis, for appellants.

Frank B. Gianotti, Jr., City Atty., David L. Simpson, Asst. City Atty., Memphis, Jack Petree, E. Brady Bartusch, Memphis, George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., David M. Pack, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellees.


PREWITT, Chief Justice.

This is a suit under the Declaratory Judgments Act (T.C.A. § 23-1102 et seq.) for the construction of the provisions of Chapter 343 of the Private Acts of 1961.

The defendant, City of Memphis, filed an answer. The remaining defendants filed demurrers. Neither the answer nor the demurrers raise the question of the jurisdiction of the Chancery Court at Nashville to hear and determine this case.

This Court, sua sponte, is...

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