Legal Opinion

Lynch v. Faris

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided February 10, 1950Published

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Neil

This case involves the constitutionality of Chapter 203 of the Public Acts of 1949. The suit originated in the *659circuit court of Franklin County wherein J. E. Faris, Sheriff of the county, sought to have the court enter a judgment authorizing him to appoint certain deputies pursuant to the provisions of Code Sections 10726, 10727 and Chapter 203 of the Acts of 1949, which purports to amend Section 10743 of the official Code of 1932; and to authorize the expenditures incurred “in the proper and efficient administration of his office, including the compensation of the Sheriff and his deputies”;…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Palmer v. Southern Express Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1913
  2. J. W. Kelly & Co. v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1910
  3. State Ex Rel. Bales v. Hamilton CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1936
  4. Hickman v. WrightTennessee Supreme Court · 1918
  5. State ex rel. Board of Commissioners v. BoiceIndiana Supreme Court · 1894

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