STATE v. STINE


292 S.W.2d 771 (1956)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. v. J.W. STINE.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied July 20, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Beecher Witt, Dist. Atty. Gen., Madisonville, Virgil F. Carmichael, Cleveland, for relators.

J.Y. Elliott, W.K. Fillauer and H.D. Kerr, Cleveland, for respondent.


TOMLINSON, Justice.

Due to the illness of its de jure County Judge, J.W. Stine was commissioned temporary County Judge of Bradley County, Section 17-222, T.C.A. The validity of this appointment was challenged by quo warranto proceedings instituted by the District Attorney General on relation of named individuals, section 23-2801 et seq., T.C.A. It was therein alleged that certain relevant statutes were unconstitutional. The prayer was that Stine be adjudged a usurper...

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