Legal Opinion

Williams v. Nashville

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided January 10, 1891PublishedCited by 38 opinions

PROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from Chancery Court of Davidson County. Andrew Allison, Cbt.

1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, J.

By Chapter 33 of Acts passed at the extra session of 1890, the General Assembly undertook: . to annex certain territory to the city of Nashville. The outer limits of the ■ territory so annexed is defined by a very irregular line, with numerous angles, including and excluding property equally near the heart of the city, without any apparently good reason therefor. In two instances property belonging to manufacturing corporations, and situated near the interior of the annexed territory, was excluded by the exclusion of narrow strips of ground connecting that on which the factories and other…

2Cited by38 opinions

  1. Highwoods Properties, Inc. v. City of MemphisTennessee Supreme Court · 2009
  2. State Ex Rel. Balsinger v. Town of MadisonvilleTennessee Supreme Court · 1968
  3. Reelfoot Lake Levee District v. DawsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1896
  4. State Highway Department v. Montgomery Mitchell's HeirsTennessee Supreme Court · 1919
  5. State ex rel. Biggs v. CorleySupreme Court of Delaware · 1934

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