Humphreys County Ex Rel. Cherry Bottom Drainage Dist. v. Burch

delivered tlie oioinion of tlie Court.

Tlie chancellor held Chapter 684 of the Private Acts of 1937 creating the Cherry Bottom Drainage District constitutional and valid.

The first bill was filed thereunder for the collection of taxes for the year 1937; and the second, for the collection of taxes for the year 1938.

The defendants demurred to the bill on the ground that said Private Act was unconstitutional in that, among other things, it violated Article 2, Section 29 of the Constitution of Tennessee, which provides, in part, as follows:

“The General Assembly shall have power to authorize the…