Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Williams v. Jones
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided October 10, 1942PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mb,. Chief Justice Green
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This suit was instituted by petition for mandamus directed at defendants, the Davidson County Board of Election Commissioners. It appeared from the petition that an election for councilman for the Sixth 'Ward of the City of Nashville was held on September 3, 1912, in which relator Williams received 87 votes and one Hudson received 83 votes. A mandamus was sought to compel the defendant Board to issue a certificate of election to relator Williams.
The record exhibited to a Justice of this Court during the vacation, along with a petition…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Heiskell v. LoweTennessee Supreme Court · 1912
- Sparkman v. SaylorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1918
- Taylor v. CarrTennessee Supreme Court · 1911
- Hanover v. BoydTennessee Supreme Court · 1938
- State ex rel. Brumit v. GrindstaffTennessee Supreme Court · 1921
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Edelman v. Lynchburg CollegeSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Holiday Inns, Inc. v. OlsenTennessee Supreme Court · 1985
- Bell v. SchellWyoming Supreme Court · 2004
- State v. KirkCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1985
- State ex rel. Working v. CostaCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2006
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