Legal Opinion
Ransom v. Rutherford County
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 15, 1909PublishedCited by 26 opinions
FROM RUTHERFORD. Appeal from tlie Chancery Court of Rutherford County. Walter S. Bearden, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McAlister
The bill was preferred by certain citizens and taxpayers of Rutherford.' county and the city of Murfrees-boro against said city and county to impeach the validity of two acts, passed by the general assembly of 1909, providing for the establishment of. normal schools and the issuance of bonds by said city and county for the purchase of sites and the erection of buildings for said schools.
The first act assailed is chapter 264, Acts of 1909, approved April 27, 1909, and entitled:
“An act to provide for the improvement of the system of public education of the State of Tennessee — that is to say,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- United States v. FiskSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Lancey v. King CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1896
- County of Livingston v. DarlingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Dumont v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Burr v. City of CarbondaleIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Hancock v. Davidson CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1937
- State ex rel. Board of Commissioners v. ClausenWashington Supreme Court · 1917
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