State Ex Rel. Rector v. Wilkes

This suit was filed by appellants requesting the trial court to order the Board of Election Commissioners for Dyer County to call an election for the City of Dyersburg, an incorporated municipality, for the purpose of determining whether the voters of the City desired to adopt the Modified City Manager-Council Charter as provided in Chapters 30 to 36, inclusive, of Title 6, T.C.A.

The original bill alleged prior to the filing thereof appellants had assisted in securing the signatures of more than the required number of legal voters of the City to petitions filed with defendant, James S.…