STATE v. MURLEY


308 S.W.2d 405 (1957)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. Ruben CHITWOOD v. Russell MURLEY.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 6, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Lee West and Maxwell Sexton, Oneida, J.H. McCartt, Wartburg, for appellants.

Baker & Baker, Huntsville, Carson & Wilson, Oneida, for appellees.


BURNETT, Justice.

The bill in this case was filed under Section 8-2701 and 23-2801(2), T.C.A., to test the right of the appellee, Murley, to hold office as a member of the Board of Education of Scott County.

Murley and three others were elected as members of the School Board on August 2, 1956. This suit was brought on September 19, 1956 as a "bill in quo warranto". There are three other companion bills which it is agreed will be treated exactly as this one...

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