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PERRY v. LAWRENCE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION

411 S.W.2d 538 (1967)

Atlas PERRY et al. v. LAWRENCE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

January 12, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. D. Lindsey and Noble L. Freemon, Sr., Lawrenceburg, for Atlas Perry and others.

M. Arnold Peebles, Jr., and Charles A. Trost, Columbia, for Lawrence County Election Commission and others.

OPINION

DYER, Justice.

This case presents the sole question of whether the Judge of the General Sessions Court of Lawrence County is required to be a person licensed to practice law in Tennessee. This court was created by Chapter 55, Private Acts of 1943 and the section of this Act pertinent to this issue is as follows:

Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a Judge for said Court, who shall be a person licensed to practice...

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