Walldorf v. City of Chattanooga

The appellants (complainants below) filed the original bill in this cause as “citizens, taxpayers and registered, qualified voters of the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee”, against the City of Chattanooga and the Chattanooga Housing Authority (the individuals constituting the governing bodies of these two corporations). “The gist of the complaint set out in the bill was that by calling its action a ‘resolution’ instead of an ‘ordinance’ the City of Chattanooga circumvented the provisions of its charter which provide that no ordinance of the City shall go into effect for two weeks following its…