Legal Opinion
Board of Park Com'rs v. City of Nashville
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 15, 1915PublishedCited by 37 opinions
FROM DAVIDSON Appeal from the Chancery Court of Davidson County. — Jas. R. West, Special Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Neil
This is an agreed case filed in the chancery court of Davidson county to determine the respective rights of the board of park commissioners and the city of Nashville touching funds appropriated by law and by contract .-to the former.
The board of park commissioners was created by chapter 22 of the Private Acts of 1913, section 39. The board existed under previous charters hut these need not be referred to.
Section 39 reads:
“1. That there shall be a board of park commissioners of the city of Nashville, composed of five members, who shall have been bona fide residents and citizens of said city…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Standard Oil Co. v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1906
- People, Ex Rel. Mason v. . McClaveNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Dean v. DavisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1876
- Village of Riverside v. MacLainIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
- Palmer v. Southern Express Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1913
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Southern v. Beeler, Atty.-Gen.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1946
- Hayes v. Gibson CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 2009
- City of Jersey City v. HagueSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1955
- State v. Safley, ChairmanTennessee Supreme Court · 1938
- Associated Indemnity Corp. of San Francisco v. McAlexanderTennessee Supreme Court · 1935
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