State ex rel. Bryant v. Maxwell

This is a suit in the nature of a quo warranto proceedings instituted under Code Section 9336 et seq. in Chancery Court by the District Attorney General upon relation of Ernest Bryant, a resident and qualified voter of the town of Cleveland in Bradley County. The defendant is J. L. Maxwell of said county and town. The charge is that Maxwell is unlawfully attempting to qualify as and hold and exercise the office of a Justice of the Peace of Bradley County for the municipality of Cleveland under a commission issued by the Governor shortly after the general election of August 5, 1948, this…