Legal Opinion

Burns v. City of Nashville

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1919PublishedCited by 36 opinions

FROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Davidson County. - — Hon. John Allison, Chancellor.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hall

‘ The original hill in this canse was filed on June 25, 1915, by the complainant, E. Miles Burns, comptroller of the city of Nashville, but who had been suspended from office a short time prior to the filing of the bill by the board of commissioners of the city, consisting of Hilary E. Howse, mayor and commissioner of the department of public affairs, police, 'and health, Lyle Andrews,- commissioner of finance, lights and market house, J. M. Wilkerson commissioner of streets, sewers, *549and sidewalks, Robert Elliott, commissioner of waterworks street cleaning, and workhonse, and J. D. Alexander,…

2Cases cited44 opinions

  1. Heike v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  2. Hitchcock v. GalvestonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  3. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. WillardSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  4. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1889
  5. Moore v. . MayorNew York Court of Appeals · 1878

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Wright v. Nashville Gas & Heating Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1946
  2. Elview Construction Co. v. North Scott Community School DistrictSupreme Court of Iowa · 1985
  3. Badgett v. RogersTennessee Supreme Court · 1968
  4. Sanborn v. City of BoulderSupreme Court of Colorado · 1923
  5. Sepaugh v. Methodist HospitalCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1946

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