# Corporation of Sevierville v. King

> Tennessee Supreme Court · December 16, 1939 · 182 Tenn. 143

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9868565

## Case

- **Full name:** Corporation of Sevierville v. King. King v. Corporation of Sevierville.
- **Court:** Tennessee Supreme Court
- **Decided:** December 16, 1939
- **Citations:** 182 Tenn. 143; 18 Beeler 143; 184 S.W.2d 381; 1939 Tenn. LEXIS 3
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by McKinney
- **Judges:** Chambliss, Cook, McKinney, Green, Dehaven
- **Cited by:** 6 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Cook and McKinney, JJ.,
dissent from the foregoing opinion upon the authority of Arthur v. State, 148 Tenn. 434 , 256 S. W, 437; Daniel v. Larsen, 157 Tenn. 690 , 12 S. W. (2d) 386 ; Clay v. Buchanan, 162 Tenn. 204, 210 , 36 S. W. (2d) 91 , and Spring Hill Cemetery v. Lindsey, 162 Tenn. 420 , 37 S. W. (2d) 111 , in which cases the Court declined to apply the elision doctrine, notwithstanding the acts under consideration contained declarations that if any portion be declared invalid it shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions. They are of the opinion that the legislature would not have passed the Act with. Section 2 omitted.

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