State ex rel. Cope v. Mayor of Morristown

This appeal in error comes from the Circuit Court of Hamblen County. On August 25, 1965, plaintiffs in error brought a proceeding in that Court under T.C.A. sec. 6-310 to contest the validity of Ordinance No. 1677 of the Town of Morristown, Tennessee. The Town of Morris-town, by this Ordinance, undertook to annex certain territory adjacent to the City, under the authority of T.C.A. sec. 6-309. The case was heard on October 19,1965, before the court and a jury. On the following day, after all the evidence had been presented by both sides, the trial judge sustained defendants in error’s motion…