STATE v. TERRY


253 S.W.2d 753 (1952)

STATE ex rel. JONES et al. v. TERRY.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 5, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.H. McCartt, of Wartburg, and John L. West and O.E. Jeffers, Oneida, for complainants.

John Jennings, Jr., of Knoxville, and Maxwell Sexton, Oneida, for defendant.


GAILOR, Justice.

This is an ouster suit, filed under Code Secs. 1877-1902, on relation of the State in the name of the Attorney General and a number of citizens, residents and taxpayers of Scott County, against Luther Terry. The purpose of the bill was to remove Luther Terry from the office of Justice of the Peace of the 4th Civil District of Scott County.

Holding that the charges made in the bill were sustained...

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