Trotter v. City of Maryville
Tennessee Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
The validity of Chapter 183 of the Public Acts of 1945, now carried in the Code as Sections, 4406.102 to 4406.126, is attacked in this case, (1) on the ground that the Act violates Article 2, Section 17, of the Constitution, which provides that no bill shall become a law which embraces more than one subject, that subject to be expressed in the title. The bill also seeks an adjudication as to the validity of said Act insofar as it changes the charter provision of the City of Maryville with reference to calling and holding elections in that City.
The caption of the Act is:
“AN ACT authorizing…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- State v. Safley, ChairmanTennessee Supreme Court · 1938
- Kizer v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1918
- Cook v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1891
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- Grubb v. Mayor Aldermen, MorristownTennessee Supreme Court · 1947
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