STATE EX REL. WINDHAM v. LaFEVER


486 S.W.2d 740 (1972)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. Will Hall WINDHAM, Sheriff of DeKalb County, Appellant, v. Honorable Billy J. LaFEVER, County Judge of DeKalb County, Tennessee, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

November 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McAllen Foutch, Smithville, for appellant.

George E. LeFevre, Smithville, for appellee.


OPINION

ROBERT E. COOPER, Special Justice.

This appeal seeks review of a judgment entered in the Circuit Court of DeKalb County dismissing a petition for writ of mandamus filed on relation of Will Hall Windham, Sheriff of DeKalb County, and directed to Billy J. LaFever, County Judge of DeKalb County.

The question presented is the constitutionality of chapter 693 of the Private Acts of 1949, as amended by Chapter 134 of the Private Acts of 1951. The...

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