Brimer v. Municipality of Jefferson

This cause originated in the Chancery Court of Jefferson County in which W. 0. Brimer and twenty-seven other citizens and taxpayers of the City of Jefferson City sought an injunction to restrain the municipality from participating with Jefferson County, the Department of Highways and Public "Works of the State, and the Federal Government, in the cost of acquiring rights-of-way through the city for the relocation of the highway running from Knoxville to Morristown. The bill charges that the city has received from the State as its pro rata part of the sales tax approximately “$7,300.00 and that…