Mayor of Knoxville v. Gass

This case was presented to the chancellor on a stipulation of agreed facts in accordance with the provisions of section 5206 of Shannon’s Code, and the only question for determination is in respect of the constitutionality of chapter 361, p. 1-203, of the Acts of 1907, entitled:

“An act to authorize municipalities of Tennessee having a population fjy the census of 1900, or any subsequent federal census, of not less than thirty thousand nor more than forty thousand, to issue $165,000 of coupon bonds, with which to fund the floating debts of said, cities, to increase and improve the Are…