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CITY OF WATAUGA v. CITY OF JOHNSON CITY

589 S.W.2d 901 (1979)

CITY OF WATAUGA, Tennessee, Appellant, v. CITY OF JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

November 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lodge Evans, Elizabethton, for appellant.

James H. Epps, III, Johnson City, for appellee.

William Leech, Atty. Gen., William W. Hunt, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for the State of Tennessee.

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from a trial court decree adverse to the City of Watauga's suit contesting the validity of an annexation ordinance adopted by the City of Johnson City. Both cities adopted ordinances annexing the same territory.1

Watauga's complaint asserted that Johnson City is the larger of the two municipalities and relied upon T.C.A. § 6-317, as amended by chapter 753, section 5...

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