OXFORD INVESTMENTS, INC. v. MASHBURN


729 S.W.2d 96 (1985)

OXFORD INVESTMENTS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard "Sonny" MASHBURN, Shelby County Clerk; Gene Goldsby, Clerk of the Shelby County General Sessions Court; and Gene Barksdale, Shelby County Sheriff, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section, at Jackson.

Rehearing Denied August 2, 1985.

Affirmed April 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian L. Kuhn, Shelby Co. Atty., Britton Lamb, Asst. Shelby Co. Atty., for defendants-appellants.

William M. Walsh, Hanover, Walsh, Jalenak and Blair, Memphis, for plaintiff-appellee.


Affirmed by Supreme Court April 20, 1987.

HIGHERS, Judge.

The facts in this case are not in dispute, but the issue involves a question of law which requires construction of Chapter 131 of the Private Acts of 1969.

That Act authorizes Shelby County to levy a privilege tax upon transients occupying hotel or motel rooms or other such accommodations, for the purpose of constructing a convention center. The operator...

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