Baker v. Mitchell

The principal question involved in this case is whether the Chancery Court has jurisdiction to try a contest over the election of mayor of the town of G-reeneville, Tennessee.

The Chancellor decided in favor of the jurisdiction, and heard the case upon its merits. The Court of Chancery Appeals decided against the jurisdiction and dismissed the bill, and complainant Baker appealed to this Court and assigned errors.

We are of oinion the Chancery Court has no jurisdiction of a contest over the election of a mayor. By the statute, Shannon, § 6063, it is provided that “the Circuit Courts of the…