WHITEHAVEN UTILITY DIST. OF SHELBY COUNTY v. RAMSAY


387 S.W.2d 351 (1964)

The WHITEHAVEN UTILITY DISTRICT OF SHELBY COUNTY, Tennessee, Appellant, v. Jack W. RAMSAY, Dan C. Mitchell and Bruce Jordan, Board of County Commissioners of Shelby County, Tennessee, Shelby County, Tennessee, C.W. Baker, Chairman of the Shelby County Court, City of Memphis, Tennessee, and George F. McCanless, Attorney General of the State of Tennessee, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 11, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E.W. Hale, Jr., Memphis, for appellant.

Eugene Greener, Jr., Memphis, for Jack W. Ramsay, Bruce Jordan and Bd. of County Comrs. of Shelby County.

William H. Williams and John T. Dunlap, Jr., Memphis, for Dan C. Mitchell, and C.W. Baker.

Patrick Johnson, Sr., and Myron A. Halle, Jr., Memphis, for City of Memphis.


WHITE, Justice.

This bill was brought under the Declaratory Judgments Act by Whitehaven Utility District of Shelby County, Tennessee, to have declared for it the exclusive right to maintain and operate a system or systems for furnishing water, fire protection, sewers, and sewage disposal service in the boundaries of the District. This Utility District was created pursuant to the Utility District Act of 1937, as amended, T.C.A. §§ 6-2601-2636.

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