Lawler v. McCanless

■ This appeal was perfected by Ralph R. Lawler, Judge of the General Sessions Court for Gibson County, from a decree dismissing his original bill and declaring Chapter 122 of the Public Acts of 1965 unconstitutional and void by reason of the failure of the Legislature to include therein a provision requiring local approval as required by Article XI, Section 9, of the Constitution of this State, known as the Home Rule Amendment.

The Court of General Sessions was created pursuant to Chapter 109 of the Public Acts of 1959, codified as T.C.A. Section 16-1101 et seq. The Act states: “[TJhere is…