Fuqua v. Davidson County

This suit originated in the chancery court by bill of the complainant, L. B. Fuqua, seeking a declaratory judgment as to the constitutionality of Chapter 738, Private Acts of 1927, as amended by Chapter 336, Private Acts of 1949, regulating the holding of primary elections in Davidson County. The Acts were assailed as being constitutionally invalid upon numerous grounds, but particularly because House Bill No. 788, which was the designation of Chapter 738 of the Private Acts of 1927, was not enacted as required by Article 2, Section 18 and 21 of the Constitution of Tennessee, in that the…