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BATES v. ALEXANDER

749 S.W.2d 742 (1988)

Guy B. BATES, County Register of Shelby County, Tennessee and Shelby County, Tennessee, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. Lamar ALEXANDER, Governor of the State of Tennessee, W.J. Michael Cody, Attorney General of the State of Tennessee and Jack Owens, Sheriff of Shelby County, Tennessee, Defendants/Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

May 2, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Britton Lamb, Asst. Shelby County Atty., Memphis, for plaintiffs/appellants.

W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Jerry W. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for defendants/appellees.

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Chancery Court of Shelby County declaring the amendment to T.C.A. § 8-21-1001, set forth in Chapter 479 of the Public Acts of 1985, to be constitutional. The amendment in question increases the fees to be collected by county registers for their services in all counties except the five most populous counties of the state. Plaintiffs insist that the amendment violates Article 1, §...

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