City of Knoxville v. Yardley

The legislature of 1915 passed an act (Priv. Laws 1915, chapter 273) making it lawful to garnishee the wages of all officials and employees of municipal corporations in the State having a population of not less than *2036,000 nor more than 44,000. It is admitted that this act applied to the City of Knoxville.

The legislature in 1917 passed an act (Priv. Laws 1917, chapter 97) extending the corporate limits of Knoxville, so as to take in several incorporated towns adjacent thereto. It is agreed that the population of Knoxville, and that of these other incorporated towns just referred to, combined,…