Bedford County Hospital v. Browning

This is an appeal from a decree of the Chancery Court of Davidson County, holding Chapter 74, Public Acts of 1949, authorizing the issuance of $15,000,000 of bonds and the donation of the proceeds thereof to various hospitals, constitutional and valid and not in conflict with Article 2, Section 31, of the Constitution.

The complainants, composing a number of hospitals who have duly qualified for Federal Aid under the provisions of the Hill-Burton Federal Act, 42 U.S.C.A. Section 291 et seq., filed this bill against the defendants, who composed the State Funding Board, praying for a declaratory…