Jackson County v. McGlasson

This appeal presents another phase of the controversy over the application and effect of chapter 57, Pub. Acts of 1931. The Legislature enacted the statute foi' the purpose of relieving the counties of the statutory imposed burden of paying for rights of way for state highways. By this act, the Legislature transferred the obligation from the counties to the State. No constitutional restraint prohibited the assumption of the obligation by the State. Baker v. Hickman County, 164 Tenn., 305, 47 S. W. (2d), 1090.

The State insists that the judgment rendered in this case, primarily agaiir-'t Pm…