Doyle v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County

OPINION

CRESON, Justice.

This suit is before the Court upon direct appeal from the Chancery Court, Part One, at Nashville, as the cause below was heard on bill and answer.

For the purposes of this Opinion, the parties will be referred to as they appeared below; that is, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee, as complainant, and The Honorable Andrew J. Doyle, Dennis W. Summers and Donald L. Washburn as defendants, sued in their individual and their official capacities. The defendants are Judges of the Metropolitan Court Division I, II and III, respectively. The…