CITY OF LEWISBURG v. FIRST NAT. BANK


563 S.W.2d 891 (1978)

The CITY OF LEWISBURG, the County of Marshall and the Attorney General of the State of Tennessee, Appellants, v. The FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LEWISBURG and the Peoples & Union Bank of Lewisburg, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

April 3, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen S. Bowden, William N. Lloyd, Lewisburg, Brooks McLemore, Jr., Atty. Gen., Everett H. Falk, Deputy Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellants.

James M. Jones, Jr., Knox Bigham, Lewisburg, for appellees.


OPINION

FONES, Justice.

Two Lewisburg banks brought this suit to recover taxes paid under protest to the City of Lewisburg and to Marshall County. The taxes in question were assessed for the year 1975. The tax is upon the shares of stock of stockholders of the banks pursuant to T.C.A. §§ 67-715 — 67-728 inclusive, but is assessed to and collected from banks.

The learned Chancellor agreed with the contention of the banks that Article...

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