Frazier v. City of Chattanooga

Complainant’s hill asks for a declaratory judgment as to whether chapter 149 of the Private Acts of 1907 is repealed by implication by chapter 457 of the Private Acts of 1927.

Both acts confer powers upon the City of Chattanooga with respect to local improvements, with provisions for the assessment of a portion of the costs against abutting property and property benefited by the improvements. Both are in form amendments to the charter of the City of Chattanooga.

In section 1 of the Act of 1907 it is provided that the charter is amended so as to confer upon the city government “the powers…