Mayor of Chattanooga v. Belt Railway Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM HAMILTON. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Hamilton County. T. M. McConnell, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shields
The bill in this case was filed for the purpose of obtaining- a d'ec-ree adjudging that the Belt Bailway Com*499pany and the Alabama Great Southern Railway Company, were unlawfully occupying Vine street in the city of Chattanooga, and that such occupation was a nuisance, and abating it as such. A decree was. rendered by the chancellor granting this relief. Thereupon the defendant appealed to this court.
This court is without jurisdiction' to entertain the appeal. ' The matter in controversy does not fall within either of the four classes of cases specially withheld by section 7, c. 82, Acts 1907,…
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