§ 2-42. Boundary with Tipton County changed.

The line between Tipton County and Shelby County, Tennessee, is hereby changed as follows:

The new line between Shelby County and Tipton County hereby established shall begin at the intersection of the southwest corner of a 175-acre tract of land belonging to the J. C. Walker estate, where the west line of such tract intersects with the old north line of Shelby County, and run thence north from such point of beginning 75 chains along the west boundary line of said 175-acre tract of the J. C. Walker estate and the west line of the Alex McQuiston 178-acre tract of land to the south boundary line of the right-of-way of the Tipton Road at the northwest corner of such Alex McQuiston 178-acre tract; thence east along the south boundary line of the right-of-way of such Tipton Road 209 chains to the west line of the R. A. Hewett 101½-acre tract of land; thence northwest along the west boundary line of such R. A. Hewett 101½-acre tract of land 24 chains to the northwest corner of same at the intersection of a branch; thence northeastwardly along the meanderings of said branch 17.50 chains to Beaver Creek; thence southeastwardly along the meanderings of Beaver Creek four chains to the northwest corner of the tract of land belonging to the C. E. Calhoun estate; thence east 83 chains along the north boundary line of such land belonging to the C. E. Calhoun estate and the north boundary line of the land belonging to the J. B. Trobaugh estate to the northeast corner of such Trobaugh lands where the north boundary of same intersects with the west boundary of Mrs. Kate McQuiston's 85¼-acre tract; thence north along the west boundary of such McQuiston tract 12 chains to the northwest corner of such McQuiston 85¼-acre tract; thence east along the north boundary of such McQuiston land 35 chains to the northeast corner of such McQuiston land; thence south 26 chains along the east boundary line of such McQuiston land to the north boundary line of the W. J. and L. M. Shaw 50-acre tract at the southeast corner of such McQuiston lands; thence east along the north boundary line of such Shaw tract, three chains to the northeast corner of such Shaw tract; thence south along the east boundary line of the Shaw 50-acre tract of land and the lands belonging to R. T. Thomas estate and the Mary Pierce 15-acre tract 26.75 chains to a point where the east boundary line of such Mary Pierce 15-acre tract intersects with the old north boundary line of Shelby County; and all of the lands formerly in Tipton County contained within the area surrounded by the new line between Shelby County and Tipton County as hereby established, and the old north line of Shelby County, are hereby taken from Tipton County and annexed to the first civil district of Shelby County, Tennessee. The line between Shelby County and Tipton County, except as changed by this section, shall remain as heretofore.

(Code 1992, § 5-2; Priv. Acts 1925, Ch. 434, § 1)