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GILPATRICK v. RENEAU

661 S.W.2d 863 (1983)

Granville GILPATRICK, Appellant, v. James H. RENEAU, III, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 5, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Beaty, Sexton, Sexton, Beaty & Seals, Oneida, for appellant.

Bruce E. Myers, Livingston, for appellee.

OPINION

FONES, Chief Justice.

This is an election contest involving the office of General Sessions Judge of Clay County. The threshold issue is whether a candidate who is not qualified to hold the office involved has standing to bring an election contest.

I.

Plaintiff, Granville Gilpatrick, a non-lawyer, was elected to the office in question during the regular August election held on August 5, 1982. Thomas C. Crawford, a lawyer and Gilpatrick...

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