State Ex Rel. Ward v. Murrell

These causes were heard upon appeal as if consolidated. They involve the validity of acts applicable to Hamilton county which confer jurisdiction upon the city court and the Second division of the criminal court.

By chapter 213, Private Acts of 1935, the Legislature conferred jurisdiction upon the city court of Chattanooga over misdemeanor cases arising* within the city limits defined as misdemeanors not requiring trial by jury, and the Second division of the criminal court was vested with jurisdiction over misdemeanors in the county with power to arraign without indictment and try without a…