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RAY v. WEAVER

586 S.W.2d 828 (1979)

Jesse F. RAY, Appellant, v. Jerry WEAVER and Carter County, Tennessee, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

September 17, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lodge Evans, Elizabethton, for appellant.

Rondal B. Cole, George F. Dugger, Jr., Dugger & Cole, Elizabethton, for appellees.

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

Plaintiff, Jesse F. Ray, was a candidate, along with six others, for the office of judge of the General Sessions Court of Carter County in the August 1978 general election. Defendant, Jerry Weaver, was the candidate who won the election by a plurality of the votes cast. Plaintiff contests the eligibility of Weaver to assume his office because he is not a licensed attorney. We hold that...

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