Legal Opinion

Knoxville Housing Authority, Inc. v. City of Knoxville

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided January 21, 1939PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Geeen

This bill was filed by Knoxville Housing Authority under the declaratory judgments statute, Code, section 8835 et seq., seeking a judicial ascertainment of its rights in certain particulars. It is conceded that there is a real subsisting controversy and that one or more of the defendants is a proper contradictor with respect to each difference of parties presented and that the case is cognizable under the statute above mentioned. The controversies involve questions of law only and defendants interpose demurrers. The chancellor overruled the demurrers in toto and made a declaration in all…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Dornan v. Philadelphia Housing AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  2. Matter of N.Y. City H. Authority v. MullerNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
  3. Wells v. Housing Authority of the City of WilmingtonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1938
  4. Spahn v. StewartCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1937
  5. Spencer-Sturla Co. v. City of MemphisTennessee Supreme Court · 1927

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. Housing Authority v. HigginbothamTexas Supreme Court · 1940
  2. The Housing Authority v. DockweilerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1939
  3. Pressman v. State Tax CommissionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1985
  4. In Re Brewster Street Housing SiteMichigan Supreme Court · 1939
  5. Chapman v. Huntington, West Virginia, Housing AuthorityWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1939

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