City of Elizabethton v. Carter County

321 S.W.2d 822 (1958)

CITY OF ELIZABETHTON, Tennessee, et al., Petitioner,

v.

CARTER COUNTY, Tennessee, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 12, 1958.

Rehearing Overruled January 23, 1959.

Lodge Evans, Elizabethton, for petitioner.

Lewis Merryman, and Lloyd Shell, County Atty, and Banks, Street & Banks, Elizabethton, for respondents.

SWEPSTON, Justice.

This is a suit for a declaratory judgment under T.C.A. sec. 23-1101 et seq. The petitioners are, in addition to the City of Elizabethton, Peter W. Hampton, a citizen and resident of Elizabethton, and the City Judge thereof. The…