Large v. City of Elizabethton

By Private Chapter No. 8, House Bill No. 6 enacted by our General Assembly in 1947, it is proposed to amend the charter of the City of Elizabethton. This charter is Chapter 437 of the Private Acts of 1937. The amend-atory act provides for the regulation of the taxicab business in that city. The appellant, who is affected thereby, filed his bill in equity under the Declaratory Judgment Law, Code 1932, sec. 8835 et seq., and in that bill challenged the constitutionality of the act, and sought to enjoin its enforcement. The Chancellor in an excellent opinion held the act constitutional, with the…