Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Gill v. Corum

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1910PublishedCited by 2 opinions

FROM GRAINGER. Appeal from the Cliancery Court of Grainger County. Hugh G. Kyle, Chancellor.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green

This is a mandamus proceeding brought against certain officials of Grainger county in the chancery court to compel the issuance of $100,000 of the county’s bonds. From a decree dismissing the petition, an appeal was taken to this court.

*396Of a mandamus proceeding, as such, this court has no jurisdiction on appeal. No exception of mandamus cases is made in the act creating and defining the jurisdiction of the court of civil appeals. Appellate jurisdiction of such cases is therefore conferred by said act on that court, along with appellate jurisdiction of all other cases not expressly reserved by…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Mayor of Chattanooga v. Belt Railway Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1910

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Burns v. City of NashvilleTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Wattles v. FosterTennessee Supreme Court · 1912

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