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WILSON v. JOHNSON COUNTY

879 S.W.2d 807 (1994)

O.H. WILSON, Judge of the General Sessions Court of Johnson County, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JOHNSON COUNTY, Tennessee, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

June 13, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.R. Fallin, Mountain City, for appellant.

William B. Hawkins, Grayson, Hawkins & Wright, Mountain City, for appellee.

William J. Harbison (Deceased), William L. Harbison, Sherrard & Roe, Nashville, for amicus curiae.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

The determinative issue in this appeal is whether the General Sessions Judge for Johnson County, Tennessee, is entitled to receive a statutory salary supplement for exercising jurisdiction over mental health commitments. The Court of Appeals decided that the Sessions Court exercised mental health jurisdiction only by reason of its juvenile court jurisdiction. Since the Sessions Judge was being paid a salary supplement for...

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