Peters v. O'Brien

The complainant is the trustee of Carter county, having been elected in August, 1924, for the term beginning September 1, 1924, and ending September 1, 1926. He brought this suit under the declaratory judgments statute (Laws 1923, chapter 29) to have determined the validity of chapter 382, known as Senate Bill No. 506, of the Pri- yate Acts of 1925. The attorney-general of the State was properly made a party. The chancellor declared the act unconstitutional, and the chairman of the county court has appealed.

The act provides that all county trustees in counties having a population of not less…