RODGERS v. WHITE


528 S.W.2d 810 (1975)

Ellen Davies RODGERS, Appellant-Plaintiff, v. James H. WHITE et al., Appellees-Defendants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

September 8, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Manire, William W. Dunlap, Jr., Memphis, for appellant.

C. Cleveland Drennon, Jr., County Atty., Leo J. Buchignani, Buchignani & Greener, John R. Johnson, III, Buchignani & Greener, Memphis, Alex B. Shipley, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellees.


OPINION

FONES, Chief Justice.

All parties have appealed. White, et al (hereinafter defendants) question the standing of Ellen Davies Rodgers (hereinafter plaintiff) to bring this suit as an election contest. Mrs. Rodgers asserts that the question submitted to the electorate of Shelby County on August 1, 1974, involving the restructure of Shelby County Government, violated T.C.A. § 2-514(e) and renders that election void.

The learned Chancellor...

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