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SANDERS v. PARKS

718 S.W.2d 676 (1986)

Fred SANDERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jim PARKS, Raymond Russell, James Sullivan, Ray Taylor, Clifford Worden, the Board of Election Commissioners of the County of Haywood, State of Tennessee, and John Bond, Christy Smith, Bill Rawls, Larry Hill and Steven Smith, Constituting the Members of said Board, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

October 27, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lyle Reid, Brownsville, for defendants-appellees.

Richard B. Fields, Memphis, and Robert McDuff, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

We granted Plaintiff an expedited appeal in this election contest involving the office of Sheriff of Haywood County. We are asked to determine whether Plaintiff filed suit within the statutory period for election contests.

Plaintiff-Appellant, Fred Sanders, an unsuccessful candidate for Sheriff, filed a complaint in the Chancery Court of Haywood County on August 18, 1986, for the purpose...

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