City of Knoxville v. Dossett

OPINION

HARBISON, Judge.

This ease involves the question of whether municipal courts of the City of Knoxville have jurisdiction over state criminal offenses committed within the municipal boundaries. The Chancellor held that no such jurisdiction exists under present statutes. We affirm.

Such jurisdiction was originally conferred upon the municipal or corporation courts of the City in its charter, first enacted as Tennessee Private Acts 1923, Chapter 412, and thereafter amended on several occasions. All of the amendments oc*194curred prior to the adoption of the “Home Rule Amendment” to the Tennessee…