Tennessee Electric Power Co. v. Mayor of Fayetteville

The bill asks that chapter 32 of the Public Acts of 1935 be declared unconstitutional and void, the principal contention being that it violates that clause of article 2, section 17, of the State Constitution which provides: “No bill shall become a law, which embraces more than one subject; that subject to be expressed in the title.” The title of the involved act is as follows:

“An Act to authorize counties, incorporated cities and towns in the State of Tennessee to construct, purchase or otherwise acquire, and to operate and maintain electric generating or distributing systems, within or…