Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Cope v. Davidson County
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided March 11, 1955PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
We will refer to the litigants in the position they occupied in the Chancery Court. Both parties to the cause, which was heard on demurrer, have appealed and assigned error. The suit was filed under the Declaratory Judgment Act (Williams’ Code, Section 8835 et seq.) by and through the Commissioner of Education for the use and benefit of the City of Nashville, its Board of Education, etc., against Davidson County, its Trustee and . Davidson County Board of Education.
The purpose of the suit was for a declaration of the rights of the parties with respect to a division of certain County School…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Southern v. Beeler, Atty.-Gen.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1946
- Kennedy v. Montgomery CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1897
- Southern Railroad v. Hamblen CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
- Trice v. McGillTennessee Supreme Court · 1929
- Board of Com'rs v. Obion CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1949
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Winter v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1995
- City of Harriman v. Roane CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1977
- Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, Inc. v. LambertDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1975
- State ex rel. Baird v. Wilson CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1963
- City of Athens Board Of Education v. McMinn County, TennesseeCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2014
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