State ex rel. Gallaher v. Hickman

The bill in this cause was filed for mandamus to compel the defendant as County Judge, to issue a'warrant on the County Trustee, payable to relator, who is a *312night porter foreman at the Davidson County Court House, in an amount alleged to be due him as such County employee, for salary increase as provided in Chapter 805 of the Private Acts of 1949, which is applicable to Davidson County only.

Defendant demurred to the bill and asserted the un-eonstitutionality of the Act as violating Art. I, Sec. 8; Art. 11, Sec. 8, and Art. I, Sec. 20, of the Constitution of Tennessee.

The Chancellor sustained…