Seawell v. Beeler

The complainants filed their original bill in the Chancery Court at Nashville seeking a declaratory judgment, complaining that they are being deprived of a valuable personal and property right resulting from the enforcement of Chapter 113 of the Public Acts of 1953. The bill alleges that the Act is unconstitutional as violating Article 1, Section 8, and Article 11, Section 8 of the Constitution of Tennessee; and Section 1 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Article 1, Section 8, provides:

“That no man shall be taken or imprisoned, or disseized of his freehold,…