Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County v. Allen

OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

This action for a declaratory judgment seeks a determination as to the rights and responsibilities of the respective parties for administering what is known in this record as the “Metropolitan Division” of the Metropolitan General Sessions Court. Actually, the case and controversy as presented to the Chancellor and as briefed and argued on appeal distills itself into a single question, viz.:

Who serves as the Clerk of the General Sessions Court of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County?

The Chancellor, in a thorough and instructive opinion, held that the term “Chief…