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STATE EX REL. RECTOR v. WILKES

436 S.W.2d 425 (1968)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. W. L. RECTOR et al., Appellants, v. James S. WILKES, Sr., Gwyn H. Bowen and W.C. Moore, Dyer County General Election Commissioners, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 6, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ashley, Malone, Ashley & Lawson, Dyersburg, for appellants.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., and Robert H. Roberts, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellees.

Joseph M. Boyd, Jr., and M. Watkins Ewell, Jr., Dyersburg, amicus curiae.

OPINION

CHATTIN, Justice.

This suit was filed by appellants requesting the trial court to order the Board of Election Commissioners for Dyer County to call an election for the City of Dyersburg, an incorporated municipality, for the purpose of determining whether the voters of the City desired to adopt the Modified City Manager-Council Charter as provided in Chapters 30 to 36, inclusive, of Title 6, T.C.A.

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