State Ex Rel. Mayor of Morristown v. Hamblen County

The bill was filed by the City of Morristown to enforce its claim for street improvements abutting the courthouse. The improvement was made under the abutting property law found in chapter 501, Acts of 1911, and an amendatory Act, chapter 889, Acts of 1921.

The chancellor overruled a demurrer filed on behalf of the county and the question raised by the demurrer being determinative, an appeal was granted.

The question presented on appeal is whether, under the Acts mentioned, the city could make the assessment against the county and enforce payment of the claim by a sale of the courthouse or, in…