City of Murfreesboro v. Bowles

Plaintiff in error, Louis T. Bowles, appeals from a fine of $25 imposed by the Circuit Court of Rutherford County, for sale of milk within the city limits without a permit from the City Health Officer. The appeal is upon the technical record only, and presents a single question, which is incorporated in the first assignment of error, and is as follows:

“The City Warrant does not run in the name of the State of Tennessee as required by Article 6, Section 12, of the Constitution of Tennessee, and it was, therefore, void; and the Trial Court was in error in failing to so adjudge. ’ ’

This suit was…