Section 7-3-101 - Successor to rights and obligations of counties and cities

Any metropolitan government created and established pursuant to chapters 1-3 of this title shall acquire and succeed to all rights, obligations, duties and privileges of the county and of the cities consolidating; and, without the necessity or formality of deed, bill of sale or other instrument of transfer, the metropolitan government shall be and become the owner of all property previously belonging to the county and cities.Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 21; T.C.A., § 6-3720.