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STATE EX REL. CASSITY v. TURNER

601 S.W.2d 710 (1980)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. Joe CASSITY, Citizen of DeKalb County, Tennessee, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Nolan R. TURNER et al., Respondents-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

July 8, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Vester Parsley, Jr., Smithville, for petitioner-appellee.

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Robert B. Littleton, Deputy Atty. Gen., William W. Hunt, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for respondents-appellants.

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

The sole issue in this mandamus action is whether T.C.A. § 2-13-204 permits the nominee of a political party for the office of county tax assessor, who was not certified as such prior to the first Tuesday in May before the August election, to be subsequently certified as a "new nominee."

On May 3, 1980, Joe Cassity was nominated by the Republican Party of DeKalb County as the party's candidate in the August 7 general...

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