SOUTHALL v. BILLINGS


385 S.W.2d 97 (1964)

W.M. (Ben) SOUTHALL, Appellant, v. Ben BILLINGS and E.H. Wooten, Merrill Tatlock, and Alfred Peeler, Election Commissioners, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 11, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dann & Hills, Memphis, for appellant.

Tipton & Tipton, William D. Grugett, Covington, for appellees.


WHITE, Justice.

The appellees have filed a motion to dismiss this appeal as being moot because:

1. Where, upon an appeal in a proceeding involving the right of office, it appears that the term of office in question has expired, the appeal will be dismissed as being moot. 2. Appellate courts will not pass upon abstract or moot questions disconnected with the granting of actual relief, or from the determination of which, no practical relief can follow...

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