Vollmer v. City of Memphis

MATHERNE, Special Justice.

In each of these cases, consolidated for trial and on appeal, the plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of section 6-51-102, Tennessee Code Annotated, under which statute the Memphis City Council enacted an annexation ordinance which affected the plaintiffs as citizens and property owners. In the alternative, the plaintiffs also brought action in the nature of quo warran-to challenging the reasonableness of the ordinance under section 6-51-103(a), T.C.A.

The chancellor granted the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment, declared section 6-51-102, T.C.A.,…