Ledbetter v. Duncan

OPINION

GODDARD, Judge.

Two issues are presented by this appeal. The first is whether T.C.A. 8-24-103(b) when read with other Code Sections touching on the subject grants to the judge of the criminal court the authority to require county commissions to adopt a budget funding the salaries fixed by the court as to deputy sheriffs. A second issue is presented in the event the first issue is answered in the affirmative, and that is whether the statute granting such authority runs afoul of Article II, Section 29 of the Constitution of Tennessee.1

*92In the present case, the facts for the most part are…