Legal Opinion

State v. Algood

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 31, 1888PublishedCited by 40 opinions

FROM WHITE. Appeal from Chancery Court of White County. T. W. Wade, Sp. Ch.

1Opinion of the Court

Lurton J.

The relator was elected District Attorney for the Sixth Judicial Circuit at the general

*165election of August, 1886. White County, which, at the date of his election, was one of the counties composing this circuit, has, by the act of March 19, 1887, been taken out of the Sixth and placed in the Eifth Circuit, of which Defendant Algood is the District Attorney. This bill is filed for the purpose of determining the validity of the act by which this change has been made. The defendant, Algood, demurred to the bill. The demurrer was overruled, and defendant, by permission of the Chancellor,…

2Cited by40 opinions

  1. Richardson v. YoungTennessee Supreme Court · 1909
  2. Memphis Street Railway Co. v. ByrneTennessee Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Lester v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1896
  4. Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
  5. Southern Railway Co. v. City of MemphisTennessee Supreme Court · 1912

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