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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
AT NASHVILLE

HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION  )  FILED  
OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE,  ) )  December 15, 1998  
v.  Plaintiff/Appellee,  ) ) )  Cecil W. Crowson Appellate Court Clerk Maury Chancery No. 96-487  
)  Appeal No. 01A01-9706-CH-00259  

MAURY COUNTY, TENNESSEE,  )  
)  
Defendant/Appellee,  )  
)  
CHARLES W. BURSON, State of  )  
Tennessee Attorney General,  )  
)  
Defendant/Appellant.  )  

APPEAL FROM THE CHANCERY COURT OF MAURY COUNTY
AT COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE

THE HONORABLE JIM T. HAMILTON,  JUDGE

For the Plaintiff/Appellee, Home Builders Association of Middle Tennessee:
L. Bruce Peden Columbia, Tennessee
CONCURS:
ALAN E. HIGHERS, J.
DAVID R. FARMER, J.

For the Defendant/Appellant:
John Knox Walkup Charles L. Lewis  Forrest B. Bigham Nashville, Tennessee
REVERSED AND REMANDED
HOLLY KIRBY LILLARD, J.
OPINION

This case is a challenge to the constitutionality of a county tax.  After authorizing the tax, the county adopted a resolution that the tax would not be imposed, and no such taxes have been collected.  The trial court denied the State

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