Legal Opinion

Findlay v. Davis

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided April 7, 1955PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swepston

We do not have jurisdiction of this appeal and it should have been taken to the Court of Appeals for the following reasons:

The Conservation Department undertook to confiscate a shotgun belonging to Davis under Section 45, Chapter 115, Public Acts of 1951, on the alleged ground that he was violating Section 42, in that he was hunting-deer with a shotgun that had multiple solid bullets in the shells.

Under the provisions of Section 45 of said Act Davis filed his petition for a hearing and same was granted by the Director, Mr. Findlay. The two Conservation officers testified but neither Davis nor…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Davis v. AllenCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1957
  2. Mayor of Jackson v. ThomasTennessee Supreme Court · 1957

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