Caldwell v. Harris

The 10 complainants are taxpayers of the incorporated Town of Butler, Tennessee, and file this bill for a declaratory judgment as to the validity of Chapter 638 of the Private Acts of 1947, the subject of which is in its caption as follows: “An Act to repeal as of August 1, 1947, the Charter of the ‘Mayor and Aldermen of Butler,’ an incorporated town in Johnson County, Tennessee, and all Acts amendatory thereof; to appoint a liquidating agent and trustee of said municipal corporation and to fix his powers and duties as such; to authorize him to dispose of the corporate property of said…