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STATE EX REL. DYE v. RAWLS

573 S.W.2d 159 (1978)

STATE of Tennessee, ex rel. W.B. DYE, Jr., Appellants, v. William J. RAWLS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

November 6, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Barrett, Charles R. Ray, Nashville, for appellants.

Charles H. Beaty, Gallatin, for appellee.

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

W.B. Dye, a citizen of Portland, Tennessee, filed an action in the Chancery Court of Sumner County seeking to oust the defendant, William J. Rawls, from the office of Mayor of Portland. The District Attorney General for the Ninth Judicial Circuit, which includes the City of Portland, joined in the action. The basis of the quo warranto action was the charge that the defendant is not qualified...

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