Drinnen v. City of Knoxville

This case originated in the Municipal Court of the City of Knoxville, in that the plaintiff in error was found guilty of violating a City Ordinance which required him to have a city license tag placed upon his motor vehicle. From this conviction he appealed to the Circuit Court for Knox County where the case was tried by the judge without the intervention of a jury. The facts were stipulated and they are:

“The defendant is a resident of the City of Knoxville and on the date charged in the warrant was operating a motor vehicle on the streets of the City of Knoxville without a city tag.

“The…