King v. Sullivan County
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM SULLIVAN. Appeal from Chancery Court, Sullivan County.— Will D. Weight, Chancellor, sitting by interchange with Hal H. Haynes.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lansden
The complainant filed this bill’ as a citizen, and taxpayer of Sullivan county to enjoin an issue of bonds by that county for the purpose of building pike roads in the county outside the corporate limits of the city of Britsol.
The complainant is a citizen of Sullivan county residing in the city of Bristol, and is a taxpayer to both the county and city. Chapter 620 of the Acts of 1911, and chapter 169, Acts of 1909, authorize the county of Sullivan to issue coupon bonds to build pike roads, and to levy and collect taxes on all property in the county “including that within the corporate limits…
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