Koella v. State Ex Rel. Moffett

This appeal comes from the First Circuit Court of Davidson County, Tennessee. On June 21, 1966, appellee here, petitioner below, Dr. Charles R. Moffett, filed in the First Circuit Court of Davidson County, Tennessee, a petition for alternative writ of mandamus. Named as defendant in this petition was appellant here, Ernest Koella, Jr., in his official capacity as Chairman of the Republican Executive Committee. The petitioner below, appellee here, sought, by means of the petition for alter native writ of mandamus, to have his name placed on the official ballot in the August 4, 1966 Republican…