Southern Railway Company v. Fowler

OPINION

CHATTIN, Justice.

In 1968, the legislature, pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, Section 3 of the Tennessee Constitution, enacted Chapter 421, as amended by Chapter 597, of the Public Acts of 1968, which directed that a referendum be conducted at the general election to be held on November 5, 1968, to determine whether a limited constitutional convention should be called to alter, reform or abolish certain parts of the Tennessee Constitution in the particulars set out in each of five questions to be presented to the electorate. It was provided that if ¾ majority of the votes cast…