Shelby County Board of Commissioners v. Shelby County Quarterly Court

The Shelby County Board of Commissioners, as a majority and individually, hereinafter referred to as the complainants, brought this suit for a declaratory judgment and injunction under authority of T.C.A. Section 23-1101 against the Shelby County Quarterly Court, as a majority and individually, hereinafter referred to as the defendants, in the Chancery Court of Shelby County.

The original bill alleged that Chapter 237, Private Acts of 1911, invested the Board of Commissioners “with practically all the duties and powers in administering the affairs of the County except those few matters…