Legal Opinion
Loring v. McGinness
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 19, 1931PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swiggart
Chapter 558 of the Private Acts of 1931 is a road law for DeKalb County. Complainant, member and chairman of the Central Eoad Commission, under Private Acts 1921, chapter 364, prays a decree that the Act of 1931 is nnconstitntional and void. The chancellor ruled against him, on demurrer, and complainant has appealed.
The Act is made to apply to DeKalb County by population classification. It is obvious that it can be made to apply to no other county, and is therefore to be treated as if limited in application to that county by name. Since it affects the county only in its governmental capacity,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Prescott v. DuncanTennessee Supreme Court · 1912
- Goetz v. SmithTennessee Supreme Court · 1925
- Pemiscot County Bank v. Central-State Nat. BankTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
- State v. Columbia, Godwin & Santa Fe Turnpike Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1915
- State Ex Rel. Guerguin v. McAlisterTexas Supreme Court · 1895
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3Cited by9 opinions
- County of Shelby v. McWherterCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1996
- Hall v. StricklandSupreme Court of Florida · 1964
- Williams v. CothronTennessee Supreme Court · 1956
- Black v. WilsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1945
- Traywick v. GilkeyTennessee Supreme Court · 1934
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