Trigg v. Mansfield

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

We granted an interlocutory appeal in this case under Rule 9 of the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure to consider whether an action to recover money for the use of the county from allegedly delinquent county officers could be brought by citizens and taxpayers without the intervention of the district attorney.

This action was originally brought by ten taxpayers and citizens of Lincoln County in their own names against Leonard Mansfield, the County Executive of Lincoln County, his bonding company and Grady Wright, a former highway commissioner of said county, and his…