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Draper v. Haynes

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided April 3, 1978PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

This case involves the validity of a municipal ordinance pertaining to streets or roads in real estate subdivisions. Both the Chancellor and the Court of Appeals sustained the ordinance and enjoined violation thereof. We affirm their decision.

The municipality involved is the Town of Gordonsville, Tennessee, located in Smith County. The city was chartered by Chapter 280 of the Private Acts of 1909. It is a small community, having a population of 601 persons in 1974. 1 It is governed by a mayor and a council of five aldermen. Ordinances are required by the charter to be…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Spencer-Sturla Co. v. City of MemphisTennessee Supreme Court · 1927
  2. Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County v. ShacklettTennessee Supreme Court · 1977
  3. Holdredge v. City of ClevelandTennessee Supreme Court · 1966
  4. Jones v. NashvilleTennessee Supreme Court · 1902
  5. McKelley v. City of MurfreesboroTennessee Supreme Court · 1931

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Lafferty v. City of WinchesterCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2000
  2. Tennessee Manufactured Housing Ass'n v. Metropolitan Government of NashvilleCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1990
  3. Mack Phillips v. Montgomery County, TennesseeTennessee Supreme Court · 2014
  4. State Ex Rel. Moore & Associates, Inc. v. WestCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2005
  5. Hoover, Inc. v. Metropolitan Board of Zoning AppealsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1997

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