STATE v. QUARTERLY COUNTY COURT


351 S.W.2d 390 (1961)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. v. QUARTERLY COUNTY COURT et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

November 7, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward F. Hurd, Newport, for plaintiff in error.

Porter & Porter, Newport, for defendants in error.


PREWITT, Chief Justice.

This is a test suit challenging the validity of a school bond referendum in Cocke County in 1958. The Quarterly Court submitted the question of issuance of $1,530,000.00 in school bonds to a referendum vote of the people on November 8, 1958.

The referendum carried by a twenty-one vote margin. Only eight days strict legal notice was given of the election referendum. When the Quarterly Court refused to issue the bonds a mandamus suit...

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