Brown v. Knox County

The hill in this cause was filed under the Declaratory Judgments Statute to determine the validity of Chapter 753, Private Acts of 1947, entitled:

“An Act to re-district Knox County, to re-number the districts as laid out and provide for the Magistrates and Constables thereof and to abolish the Office of Magistrate in the incorporated Towns therein.”

The Election Commissioners of Knox County, Charles J. Brown, Clarence Blackburn and Dewey Cate filed the bill against Knox County, the County Judge and the City of Knoxville, alleging the constitutionality of the Act; that the defendants insisted…