STATE EX REL. WEBSTER v. LaBONTE


597 S.W.2d 893 (1980)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. Ronald A. WEBSTER, v. Lucille Holt LaBONTE, Appellee. Appeal of Lillian G. BEAN.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied May 5, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., William W. Hunt, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ronald A. Webster, Dist. Atty. Gen., A.L. Witt, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Knoxville, for appellant State.

Cecil D. Meek, Jr., Edward L. Summers, Knoxville, for appellee LaBonte; Haynes, Meek, Jones, Summers & Harwell, Knoxville, of counsel.

William A. Zierer, Richard W. Krieg, Knoxville, for appellant Bean; Morton, Lewis & Krieg, Knoxville, of counsel.


OPINION

FONES, Justice.

This is a quo warranto action challenging the authority of the circuit and general sessions judges of Knox County to fill a vacancy in the office of clerk of the circuit and general sessions court for Knox County.

On February 1, 1979, a vacancy occurred in the office of clerk of the circuit and general sessions court for Knox County as the result of the resignation of the incumbent. By an order dated February 7, 1979, three...

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