State ex rel. Timothy v. Howse
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Davidson County. —Thos. E. Matthews, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
A petition of accusation on relation of ten or more citizens was filed July 20, 1915, under the provisions of Pub. Acts 1915, chapter 11, commonly known as the Ouster Act, seeking the removal from their respective offices of H. E. Howse, mayor of the city of Nashville, and Robert Elliott, commissioner of waterworks, street cleaning, and workhouse of that city. The defendants filed answers, and proof was heard on an application made to the circuit judge to suspend both of the defendants from office, and he passed an interlocutory decree to that effect.
*72Later amended petitions of accusation were…
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