Legal Opinion
City of Harriman v. Roane County
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided July 25, 1977PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HARBISON, Justice.
This action was instituted by the City of Harriman, its Board of School Directors and some taxpayers, seeking a declaratory judgment and incidental relief against Roane County and certain of its officials in connection with the distribution of public funds. Also involved was the interpretation of a contract executed between officials of the respective city and county school systems.
The case was tried on oral testimony. The Chancellor resolved the contract issues favorably to the contentions of the plaintiffs, petitioners here, holding the contract to have been…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- State Ex Rel. Cope v. Davidson CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1955
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