Shoaf v. Bringle

This proceeding is brought by a contestant, Stanley Shoaf, under Sections 2123-2129, inclusive, of the Code, against V. W. Bringle and the election commissioners of Tipton County, to contest his election to the office of County Judge of Tipton County, Tennessee.

The bill is drafted so that it states a double barrel proposition. It is brought under two aspects of an action of the kind, one, to have the complainant, defendant in error, declared the party elected and, two, that the election held was so permeated with fraud that the entire election is void. Suits of the kind, stating both aspects…