State ex rel. Howell v. Sensing

The bill in this cause was filed under Code Section 9336 et seq., to test the right of Defendant to hold office as a member of the Board of Education of Dickson County.

In the General Election in August 1944, the Defendant was elected a Justice of the Peace for the 8th Civil District ‘ of that County. Thereafter, in 1946, a vacancy occurred in the Board of Education and Defendant tendered his resignation as Justice of the Peace and was elected by the County Court to the vacancy. His resignation had not been accepted at the time of his election.

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