EMERY v. ROBERTSON COUNTY ELECTION COM'N


586 S.W.2d 103 (1979)

Taylor Ted EMERY and Claude Bellar, Appellants, v. The ROBERTSON COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied September 17, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur E. McClellan, Gallatin, William B. Vest, Kelly, Jones & Vest, Hendersonville, J. Travis Price, Springfield, for appellants.

Michael R. Jones, James E. Walton, Joe K. Walker, Springfield, for appellees.


OPINION

FONES, Justice.

This appeal, in two consolidated cases, involves the validity of the August 1978 election contests for the office of Sheriff of Robertson County and for the two Fourth District positions on the Robertson County Commission.

The Election Commission certified that Dan King was elected Sheriff by a margin of eighty-two votes over plaintiff Taylor Ted Emery and that Charles Dorris, with 453 votes, and Russell Shedden, with 342...

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