CITY OF MEMPHIS v. BRANNAN


456 S.W.2d 657 (1970)

CITY OF MEMPHIS, By and Through William B. Ingram, Jr., Mayor, Claude A. Armour, Commissioner, James W. Moore, Commissioner, Hunter Lane, Jr., Commissioner, and T.E. Sisson, Commissioner, Appellants, v. Jack G. BRANNAN, d/b/a Brannan Electric Company, Thomas Dorsey, d/b/a Dorsey Electric Company, George M. Hall, d/b/a George Hall Electric Service, Robert L. Hall, d/b/a Mercury Safety Electric Company, Paul Burlison, d/b/a Safety Electric Company, J.E. Ganno, d/b/a Ganno Electric Company, C.P. Sigler, d/b/a Sigler Electric Company, J.F. Strauser, d/b/a Strauser Electric Company, A.E. Rhodes, d/b/a Rhodes Electric Company, S.W. Snipes, d/b/a S & W Electrical Contractors, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 18, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall L. Gerber, Asst. City Atty., Memphis, for appellants.

Thomas, Halliburton, Ballin & Fortas, Memphis, for appellees.


OPINION

JENKINS, Special Justice.

This is a declaratory judgment action brought by the complainants to have certain portions of the Electrical Code to the City of Memphis declared unconstitutional. The Chancellor held that the portion of Section 48-54 of the Electrical Code requiring a "licensed electrician" to be a master electrician or have in his employ a master electrician as his superintendent or manager is unconstitutional and void. From this adverse...

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