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State Ex Rel. Spoone v. MAYOR AND ALDERMEN

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided June 7, 1968PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dyer

Under Authority of T.C.A. see. 6-309 the Town of Morristown in Hamblen County enacted Ordinance 1710 annexing an area adjacent to its corporate limits, which area consisted of three hundred eighty-one acres, wherein there are seven hundred nineteen people, two hundred fifteen residences, and nine parcels of commercial property. Under T.C.A. sec. 6-310 several property owners in the area to be annexed, including Hamblen County, filed their petition attacking the reasonableness of the Ordinance under this statute. The chancellor, without the intervention of a jury, found the ordinance to be…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Early v. StreetTennessee Supreme Court · 1951
  2. Morton v. Johnson CityTennessee Supreme Court · 1960
  3. Hall v. BrittonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1953
  4. Hamilton County v. City of ChattanoogaTennessee Supreme Court · 1958
  5. Haynes v. SanfordTennessee Supreme Court · 1947

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Highwoods Properties, Inc. v. City of MemphisTennessee Supreme Court · 2009
  2. City of Oak Ridge v. Roane CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
  3. Linder v. LittleCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1972
  4. City of Kingsport v. State Ex Rel. Crown Enterprises, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1978
  5. City of Gallatin v. City of HendersonvilleTennessee Supreme Court · 1974

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