Wilson v. Johnson County

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

The determinative issue in this appeal is whether the General Sessions Judge for Johnson County, Tennessee, is entitled to receive a statutory salary supplement for exercising jurisdiction over mental health commitments. The Court of Appeals decided that the Sessions Court exercised mental health jurisdiction only by reason of its juvenile court jurisdiction. Since the Sessions Judge was being paid a salary supplement for exercising juvenile court jurisdiction, the Court of Appeals reasoned that the judge was not entitled to an additional supplement. We disagree and…