Mayor, Etc., of Nashville v. Patton
Decision Date | 16 December 1911 |
Parties | MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF NASHVILLE v. PATTON et ux. |
Court | Tennessee Supreme Court |
Action by F. E. Patton and wife against the Mayor and City Council of Nashville. From a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals, affirming a judgment for plaintiffs, defendants bring certiorari. Writ disallowed.
A. G. Ewing, Jr., City Atty., and F. M. Garard, Asst. City Atty., for petitioner. Rutherford & Rutherford, for respondent.
This case was determined against the plaintiff in error by the Court of Civil Appeals at its present term. Thereupon a petition for the writ of certiorari was filed in this court.
In order that we may state fully our views of the question of practice suggested by this petition, we set it out in full as follows:
In the answer filed to the petition it is insisted:
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