Goodbar v. City of Memphis
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM SHELBY. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Shelby County— F. H. Heiskell, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McAlister
*23Complainants, wbo are citizens and taxpayers of Shelby county, file the present bill against the tax assessor of the city of Memphis and his assistant for the purpose of enjoining the assessment of their property for municipal taxation in accordance with the provisions of chapter 366, p. 1097, Acts 1903.
■ The bill is based upon the proposition that the act of 1903 is unconstitutional, because in contravention of section 17 of article 2 of the constitution, which provides as follows:
“No bill shall become a law which embraces more than one subject, that subject to be expressed in the title.'
“All…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- State ex rel. Astor v. Schlitz Brewing Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1900
- State v. AlgoodTennessee Supreme Court · 1888
- Hyman v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1888
- Dyer v. HutchinsTennessee Supreme Court · 1889
- State v. BradtTennessee Supreme Court · 1899
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Memphis Street Railway Co. v. ByrneTennessee Supreme Court · 1907
- Malone v. WilliamsTennessee Supreme Court · 1907
- Tennessee Electric Power Co. v. City of ChattanoogaTennessee Supreme Court · 1937
- Weight v. CunninghamTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
- State v. SextonTennessee Supreme Court · 1908
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