Mayor of Morristown v. Hamblen County

Chapter 501 of the Acts of 1911, section 1, as amended by chapter ‘2 of the Acts of 1913, provides that:

“For cities standing on a population basis within which falls Morristown it shall be lawful for the legislative body of said cities or towns, upon petition signed by the owner or owners of fifty-one per cent of the frontage of the lots or parcels of land on such portion of any street, highway, or alley, as set out in the petition, within the corporate limits of said city or town, not less than one block or the space between two cross streets in length, to provide by resolution or ordinance…