Legal Opinion

Cosmopolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Northington

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided February 8, 1957PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett

This suit was brought by the Insurance Company under the Declaratory Judgments Act statutes, Sec. 23-1101 et seq., T.C.A., for the purpose of declaring. Chapter 195 of the Public Acts of 1955 unconstitutional.

The Chancellor, after the original bill had been amended and supplemented, sustained demurrers and held that the Act was constitutional. This appeal resulted. We have heard argument, had briefs tiled, read the authorities and given considerable thought to the matter and are now ready for a determination of the questions involved.

*545Chapter 195 of the Public Acts of 1955 is entitled or…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Daniel v. Family Security Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Motlow v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1911
  3. Scott v. Nashville Bridge Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1919
  4. State ex rel. Loser v. National Optical Stores Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1949
  5. State v. Gateway Mortuaries, Inc.Montana Supreme Court · 1930

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Dorrier v. DarkTennessee Supreme Court · 1976
  2. Estrin v. MossTennessee Supreme Court · 1968
  3. Morton v. Johnson CityTennessee Supreme Court · 1960
  4. Ford Motor Company v. PaceTennessee Supreme Court · 1960
  5. Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority v. City of ChattanoogaTennessee Supreme Court · 1979

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