STATE EX REL. ALLEN v. CITY OF NEWPORT

No. E2012-00814-COA-R3-CV

422 S.W.3d 567 (2013)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. Paul ALLEN, et al. v. The CITY OF NEWPORT, Tennessee.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court November 13, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Wigler and Adam S. Moncier , Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellants, State of Tennessee ex rel. Paul Allen, Jeff Evans, Hawley Transport Services, Jack Briggs, Steve Smith, Estella Gray & Ann Kyker, Kaye Ramsey, Evelyn Smith, Craig Chrisman, Tennessee Tobacco Sales, Inc., and Betty Bewley.

Charlton R. DeVault, Jr. , Kingsport, Tennessee, for the appellee, City of Newport, Tennessee.


OPINION

JOHN W. McCLARTY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which CHARLES D. SUSANO, JR., P.J., and D. MICHAEL SWINEY, J., joined.

The City of Newport sought to annex certain properties in Cocke County, Tennessee. A number of affected parties objected to the annexation and filed a complaint against the City. The trial court allowed the plaintiffs to amend their complaint to allege that the City was barred from annexing their properties because it...

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