Cheatham County v. Baker

The appeal of Cheatham County and individual taxpayers, who joined the county as complainants after the filing of the original bill, is from the action of the chancellor in dismissing their “amended and supplemental bill,” on the demurrer of the defendant, the Commissioner of Highways and Public Works for Tennessee. The decree appealed from ¡did not affect the original bill of the complainant, Cheatham County, nor directly .modify the temporary injunction issued thereunder, which is still in force.

Cheatham County lies almost wholly between Montgomery and Davidson Counties. A straight line,…