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SUMMITT v. RUSSELL

285 S.W.2d 137 (1955)

Ed SUMMITT v. Freeman RUSSELL et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 9, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ambrose & Wilson, Knoxville, for contestant.

S.P. Dannell, Watkins & Watkins, Loudon, Hobart S. Atkins, Knoxville, for defendants.

PREWITT, Justice.

This is an election contest between the contestant Ed Summitt and the contestee Freeman Russell. The Circuit Judge held that the election of August 5, 1954, for Sheriff of Loudon County, was illegal and void.

The contestant's original complaint alleged that he was the candidate of the Democratic Party for the office of Sheriff of Loudon County, in the election held on August 5, 1954, and the defendant, Freeman Russell, was the Republican...

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