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STATE EX REL. BARKER v. HARMON

882 S.W.2d 352 (1994)

The STATE of Tennessee, on relation of Hollis BARKER, General Sessions Court Judge of Sequatchie County, Tennessee, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bill HARMON, County Executive, and the County Commissioners for Sequatchie County, Tennessee, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

August 1, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Swafford, Jasper, Stewart M. Crane, Knoxville, for appellants.

Howard L. Upchurch, Upchurch & Upchurch, Pikeville, for appellee.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

In this appeal, we are asked to decide whether a private legislative act,1 which authorized a monthly expense allowance for a General Sessions Judge, violates Article VI, § 7 of the Tennessee Constitution,2 which prohibits increasing or diminishing judges' salaries during their term of office.

The trial court found that the expense allowance was an increase...

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