Ray v. Weaver

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

Plaintiff, Jesse F. Ray, was a candidate, along with six others, for the office of *829judge of the General Sessions Court of Carter County in the August 1978 general election. Defendant, Jerry Weaver, was the candidate who won the election by a plurality of the votes cast. Plaintiff contests the eligibility of Weaver to assume his office because he is not a licensed attorney. We hold that the complaint states insufficient grounds to contest the election of Weaver as general sessions judge, and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The facts of this case are undisputed and…