City of Knoxville v. Hessler

This cause follows the filing of certain suits in the Chancery Court of Knox County by the City of Knoxville against the defendant, P. A. Hessler, to collect delinquent taxes on certain pieces of property owned by the defendant in said city. The suit was filed under Chapter 19' of the Public Acts of 1941 under what is known as the Tax Receivership Act.

Upon the filing of a bill by the City for the appointment of a receiver of said property, and prior to the time said motion was acted upon, the State of Tennessee and Knox County interposed their intervening petitions in which they set up their…