Matill v. City of Chattanooga

Mr. Special Justice W. T. Bjennekly

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The City of Chattanooga has an Ordinance, No. 1054, creating the office of City Electrician and providing for the issuing of permits for the installation of electric wiring, electric fixtures, etc., and for the inspection thereof during installation and after completion.

Section 4 of this Ordinance is as follows: “No alteration or change shall he made in the wiring of any building, nor shall any building he wired for the placing of electric lights, motors or heating- devices, without first securing from the said City…