Forrester v. City of Memphis

M®. Justice Swiggart

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Chapter 790 of the Private Acts of 1919 purported to extend the corporate limits of the City of Memphis; and the City of Memphis levied and collected taxes on property located within the corporate limits thus extended. The constitutionality of this statute having been questioned, chapter 1 of the Private Acts of 1925' was enacted, extending the city limits so as to include the same territory embraced in the provisions of the Act of 1919.

Chapter 442 of the Private Acts of 1925 further extended the corporate limits of the City of Memphis,…