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SAPP v. STATE EX REL. NIPPER

524 S.W.2d 652 (1975)

Edward H. SAPP, County Judge of Bledsoe County, Tennessee, et al., Appellants-Respondents, v. STATE of Tennessee ex rel. Carlton NIPPER, Sheriff of Bledsoe County, Tennessee, Appellee-Petitioner. Albert SLUSHER, Administrator of Anderson County, Tennessee, Appellant-Defendant, v. H.H. HILL, Sheriff of Anderson County, Tennessee, Appellee-Plaintiff.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 9, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. McPheeters, Dayton, James Nelson Ramsey, Oak Ridge, for appellants.

David R. Swafford, Pikeville, J. Carson Ridenour, Clinton, for appellees.

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

The sole determinative question presented in each of these cases is the constitutionality of T.C.A. § 8-2001 et seq., insofar as these sections pertain to the employment of deputies sheriff and assistants to the county sheriff.

Insofar as they pertain to the county sheriff, the statutes provide that the sheriff shall make application to the circuit or criminal judge of his county for the employment of deputies...

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