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FORBES v. BELL

816 S.W.2d 716 (1991)

Jane B. FORBES, Appellant, v. Henry Denmark BELL, Appellee, and The Hickman County Election Commission, composed of: Eric Coleman, chairman, and Martha Baker, Polly Chesser, Ricky Canady and Sowell Sawyor, members, and The Williamson County Election Commission, composed of: Lillian Peach, chairman, and Ann Thornton, Ruth Edmonson, C.L. McGehee, and Gordon D. Lampley, members, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

September 9, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Winston Evans, Nashville, Margaret M. Spencer, Franklin, Robert T. Mann, Gainesville, Fla., Larry Helm Spalding, Tallahassee, Fla., for appellant.

Charles H. Warfield, James G. Martin, III, Julian L. Bibb, Nashville, for appellee Bell.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. and Reporter Michael W. Catalano, Deputy Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellee Election Commissions.

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Justice.

This is an election contest arising out of the August 1990 race between Jane B. Forbes and Henry Denmark Bell for the position of Circuit Court Judge in the Twenty-First Judicial District of Tennessee, comprised of Williamson, Hickman, Perry, and Lewis Counties. Forbes filed her complaint and an amended complaint within ten days after the election, as required by T.C.A. § 2-17...

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