Tennessee Negro Funeral Directors Ass'n v. Board of Funeral Directors & Embalmers

The unincorporated association of Licensed Funeral Directors and Embalmers organized under the name of Tennessee Negro Funeral Directors Association instituted this suit under the declaratory judgment statute seeking a decree adjudging unconstitutional a certain provision in Section 3 of Chapter 13 of the Public Acts of 1951 carried at Title 62-502, T.C.A.

*143This Section 3 provides for the appointment by the Governor of five (5) persons with specified qualifications as members of the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers for the State. After providing that “at least three (3) members of said…