Legal Opinion

Stokes v. Dobbins

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided February 9, 1929PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swiggart

The original bill in this cause was filed against the defendants as road overseers, to enjoin them from further endeavoring to lay out a public road through complainant’s land. The Chancellor dissolved a temporary injunction and dismissed the bill for want of equity, and complainant has appealed.

The bill attacks the constitutionality "of Private Acts of 1921, chapter 19, a special road law for Houston County, under which the defendants were acting; and while the bill complains of certain alleged arbitrary and oppressive actions on the part of defendants, the unconstitutionality of said…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. Columbia, Godwin & Santa Fe Turnpike Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Wilson v. WilsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1916
  3. Wright v. DonaldsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1920
  4. Carroll v. GriffithTennessee Supreme Court · 1906

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Kessler v. ThompsonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1956
  2. Baker v. Hickman CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1932
  3. Loring v. McGinnessTennessee Supreme Court · 1931
  4. Frazier v. LindseyTennessee Supreme Court · 1931
  5. State of Missouri v. Matthew R. BurnettMissouri Court of Appeals · 2016

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