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JOHNSON v. STATE EX REL. DULLING

583 S.W.2d 754 (1979)

Winfrey H. JOHNSON et al. (Morgan County Commissioners), Appellants, v. STATE of Tennessee ex rel. Betty B. DULLING et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 25, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Norris, Cheek, Taylor & Groover, Knoxville, Walter L. Fuller, Jr., Oak Ridge, for appellants.

Philip P. Durand, Ambrose, Wilson & Grimm, Knoxville, for appellees.

COOPER, Justice.

OPINION

The Board of Commissioners (formerly the Quarterly County Court) of Morgan County, Tennessee, has appealed from a writ of mandamus issued by the chancery court ordering the Board to issue $8.4 million dollars in school bonds. The Board insists the issuance of bonds is discretionary, and that the bond referendum held on May 16, 1978, was merely an advisory election to ascertain the preference of the voters and was not binding on the...

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