Hudgins v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville

OPINION

TODD, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs have appealed from a judgment dismissing their complaint for failure to state a claim for which relief can be granted.

The complaint alleges:

1. Prior to August 1,1990, plaintiffs operated a private garbage and refuse collection service within specified parts of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County where no garbage collection was offered by the local government.

2. On August 1, 1990, the defendant began furnishing the same service in the same area pursuant to an annexation ordinance of the defendant; imposed increased taxes upon the residents of the…