Perry v. Lawrence County Election Commission

This case presents the sole question of whether the Judge of the General Sessions Court of Lawrence County is required to be a person licensed to practice law in Tennessee. This court was created by Chapter 55, Private Acts of 1943 and the section of this Act pertinent to this issue is as follows:

*550Sec. 12.

Be it further enacted, That there shall be a Judge for said .Court, who shall be a person licensed to practice law in Tennessee, and actively engaged in the practice of law, and with all other qualifications and the same term of office as provided by the Constitution of the State of Tennessee…