BROWN v. VAUGHN


310 S.W.2d 444 (1957)

Melvin L. BROWN v. Mrs. Charles VAUGHN.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

On Rehearing February 6, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Toney Maxey, Livingston, George B. Haile, Cookeville, Willis E. Spear and Karl E. Monroe, Celina, Lewis S. Pope, Nashville, for plaintiff in error.

P. J. Anderson and G. D. Anderson, Gainesboro, for defendant in error.


BURNETT, Justice.

This is an election contest. This case is a sequel to the case of Brown v. Thurman, decided by this Court on March 8, 1957, and reported in 201 Tenn. 474, 300 S.W.2d 883. In that case, among other things, this Court determined that a candidate for office, in this particular instance, could not by injunction impound absentee ballots before their transmission to the voting precincts on the theory that large numbers...

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