Legal Opinion
Duncan v. Rhea County
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 9, 1955PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swepston
delivered tlie opinion of the Court.
The only question involved in this case is the constitutionality of Chapter 570 of the Private Acts of 1953, which is a simple repealing Act undertaking to repeal Chapter 868 of the Acts of 1949, which established a Court of General Sessions for Rhea County, Tennessee.
The original bill was filed in this cause by Harold Duncan seeking a declaratory judgment adjudging his right as the incumbent Judge of said General Sessions Court for Rhea County to continue in and hold said office until September 1, 1958. Pursuant to that end the bill charges that said…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Weight v. CunninghamTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
- McCully v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1899
- State v. LeonardTennessee Supreme Court · 1888
- Home Insurance Co. v. Taxing DistrictTennessee Supreme Court · 1880
- State Ex Rel. v. LinkTennessee Supreme Court · 1938
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- City of Elizabethton v. Carter CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1958
- Roberts v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1957
- State ex rel. Boone v. TorrenceCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1971
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