Legal Opinion

Mayor of Knoxville v. Park City

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1914PublishedCited by 16 opinions

PROM KNOX. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Knox County.— W. D. "Weight, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams

The mayor and aldermen of Knoxville filed its bill of complaint against Park City, another municipal corporation, seeking an injunction against the latter to inhibit the collection of an ad valorem tax for the year 1910, assessed against that portion of the water plant of complainant city located within the corporate limits of the defendant city, and also to enjoin the collection of a privilege tax claimed to be due for the exercise of the privilege of operating a waterworks system in Park City.

*628The hill of complaint proceeds upon the theory that the property attempted to be taxed is exempt…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. City of S. Pasadena v. Pasadena Land & Water Co.California Supreme Court · 1908
  2. Town of West Hartford v. Board of Water CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1877
  3. People Ex Rel. Mayor of New York v. Board of AssessorsNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
  4. Farwell v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1906
  5. Stiles v. Village of NewportSupreme Court of Vermont · 1904

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. A. & M. Consolidated Independent School District v. City of BryanTexas Supreme Court · 1945
  2. State Ex Rel. City of Tulsa v. MayesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
  3. Carroll v. City of Cedar FallsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1935
  4. First Suburban Water Utility Dist. v. McCanlessTennessee Supreme Court · 1941
  5. City of Providence v. HallSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1928

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