State Ex Rel. Bales v. Hamilton County

delivered the opinion of the Court.. This suit was brought on the relation of certain teachers in the Hamilton county schools to compel the county authorities to compensate relators according to a salary scale embodied in chapter 620 of the Private Acts of 1935, as amended by chapter 82 of the Private Acts of the Extra Session of 1935. Hamilton county and certain county officials and school officials were named as defendants. Defendants filed a demurrer by which they challenged the validity of the acts named in several particulars. The chancellor overruled the demurrer and permitted an appeal.