Because "[i]t is an elementary principle that ordinances of a city are subordinate to charter provisions[,]" Appellees argue that the Memphis City Charter provides the act of equal or greater dignity necessary to perform the renaming in this case. Wilgus v. City of Murfreesboro, 532 S.W.2d 50, 52 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1975) (citing Barnes v. Ingram, 217 Tenn. 363, 397 S.W.2d 821 (1966)). In addition, Appellees argue that the holding in Morrell is inapposite to the case-at-bar because in Morrell, the city council was required at that time by state statute to initiate annexation by ordinance.
1988)). Furthermore, "'[t]he provisions of the charter are mandatory, and must be obeyed by the city and its agents . . . .'" Allmand, 292 S.W.3d at 625 (quoting Barnes v. Ingram, 397 S.W.2d 821, 825 (Tenn. 1965) (in turn quoting Marshall & Bruce Co. v. City of Nashville, 71 S.W. 815, 819 (Tenn. 1903))).
The provisions of the Charter are mandatory and must be obeyed by the City and its agents. Barnes v. Ingram, 217 Tenn. 363, S.W.2d 821, 825 (Tenn. 1965).