City of Nashville v. Browning

Under the Declaratory Judgments Act, Code, Sec. 8835 et seq., the hill in this cause was filed in the Chancery Court of Davidson County by the City of Nashville, to have the Chancellor insert two amendments in the General Education Bill, Chapter 132, Public Acts of 1951, which were not in the Bill signed by the Speakers and the Governor. The defendants are the Governor of the State, the Secretary of State, the Speakers of the two Houses of the Legislature, and other public officials and Davidson County.

The General Education Bill of 1951, which was passed as House Bill No. 573, following…