Morristown Emergency & Rescue Squad, Inc. v. Volunteer Development Co.

OPINION

FRANKS, Judge.

The defendant was permanently enjoined from operating an ambulance service within Morristown and Hamblen County, Tennessee, and on appeal insists plaintiff had no standing to seek an injunction and the *263franchise issued to plaintiff to operate an ambulance service is invalid.

Pertinent findings of fact by the chancellor are undisputed:

Plaintiff was incorporated in January of 1957 as a non-profit corporation. As its name suggests, it furnishes emergency and rescue services to the general public. Until September 1984, the Rescue Squad furnished ambulance service in Morristown…