Legal Opinion

Iles v. Matlock

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1903PublishedCited by 11 opinions

FROM LOUDON. Appeal in error from the Circuit Court of Loudon County. — George L. Bruke, Judge. All of the foregoing cases were heard together in the Supreme Court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Neil

These cases were brought in the courts of the several counties above named, and, in various forms, involve the constitutionality of certain acts passed by the legislature of 1903 abolishing divers civil districts in the counties named-.

In order to a proper understanding of the exact questions raised, it will be necessary to quote the title and two sections of one of these acts. We select the Roane county act, which fairly represents the form and substance of all of the others. '

*245The act affecting Roane county is chapter 16, p. 41, of the Acts of 1903. The title of the act is as follows:

“An act…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. The People v. . Simeon DraperNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
  2. Henley v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Stratton v. MorrisTennessee Supreme Court · 1891
  4. McCully v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1899
  5. Burnett v. MaloneyTennessee Supreme Court · 1896

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Weight v. CunninghamTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Glasgow v. FoxTennessee Supreme Court · 1964
  3. State Ex Rel. Scandlyn v. TrotterTennessee Supreme Court · 1925
  4. Kee v. ParksTennessee Supreme Court · 1926
  5. Maxey v. PowersTennessee Supreme Court · 1906

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