Franklin County, TN vs. The Town of Monteagle, TN, et al

This is an annexation by referendum case. Monteagle is located in Grundy County. Its corporate limits extend to Franklin County. Interested residents of the area sought to be annexed in Franklin County petitioned Monteagle to be annexed. Monteagle adopted a Resolution for the referendum. Nineteen out of twenty eligible voters favored annexation. Franklin County filed a complaint for injunctive relief, which was granted upon a finding that the Resolution was not properly published. Monteagle appealed, but in the interim, adopted another Resolution for a referendum. The voters again favored annexation. The County challenged the second referendum by a Rule 52 motion alleging that Monteagle repealed the Resolution for the second referendum thus making it a nullity.