City of Memphis ex rel. Ingram v. Brannan

Mr. Special Justice Jenkins

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a declaratory judgment action brought by the complainants to have certain portions of the Electrical Code to the City of Memphis declared unconstitutional. The Chancellor held that the portion of Section 48-54 of the Electrical Code requiring a “licensed electrician’’ to be a master electrician or have in his employ a master *432electrician as his superintendent or manager is unconstitutional and void. From this adverse decree the City of Memphis appealed.

The complainants are engaged in the electrical contracting business and,…