Legal Opinion
Winters v. Sawyer
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided February 16, 1971PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DYER, Chief Justice.
Appellant, Emoo Winters, appeals from the decree of the chancellor in finding an *706ordinance enacted by the City of Clarks-ville, Tennessee to be constitutional as a valid exercise of the police power of the City.
The Legislature, by Chapter 152, Public Acts of 1939, provided a method and empowered municipalities by ordinance to order the owner of dwellings found unfit for human habitation to repair, close or demolish same. This statute is now carried in T.C.A. as § 13-1201 through § 13-1209.
Under authority of Chapter 152, the City of Clarksville, Tennessee enacted the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Bute v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Van Oster v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Jackson v. BellTennessee Supreme Court · 1920
- Moyers v. City of MemphisTennessee Supreme Court · 1916
- Thomas v. ChamberlainDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1955
3Cited by7 opinions
- Manning v. City of LebanonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2003
- City of Franklin, Tennessee v. Peggy HunterCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2009
- City of Jackson v. Barry WalkerCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2016
- Harless v. KingsportCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1998
- Joe v. Williams v. Dennis EppersonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2020
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