Shelby County Election Commission v. Turner

755 S.W.2d 774 (1988)

SHELBY COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

Kenneth A. TURNER, Charles R. Martin, and Shelby County Commission, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

July 28, 1988.

C. Barry Ward, Jeffrey A. Jarratt, Glankler, Brown, Gilliland, Chase, Robinson & Raines, Memphis, for defendants-appellants.

Walter L. Evans, Evans & Kyles, Memphis, for plaintiff-appellee.

Tennessee Council of Juvenile Trial Judges, J.D. Lee, Knoxville, amicus curiae.

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

The primary issues on appeal are (1) whether a vacancy exists in the office of Clerk of…