Legal Opinion

State ex rel. McMorrow v. Hunt

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1916PublishedCited by 43 opinions

FROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Davidson County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by cer-tiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court. — JohN AllisoN, Chancellor.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams

W. F. Hunt, county court clerk of Davidson county, having been suspended from office by an order of the chancery court, has presented to this *245court a petition for certiorari, seeking to bring up the order of suspension for review and reversal.

The petition of accusation enumerates several grounds of misfeasance and malfeasance on the part of Hunt, as clerk, among them:(a) That he procured $3,365 for making out the tax duplicate books, on false representát-ions made to the county court.(b) That he charged and collected $1, on each marriage license issued, in excess of the legal fee.(c) That he…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Conners v. City of KnoxvilleTennessee Supreme Court · 1916
  2. State ex rel. Conner v. HerbertTennessee Supreme Court · 1912
  3. State ex rel. Timothy v. HowseTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
  4. State ex rel. Timothy v. AlexanderTennessee Supreme Court · 1915

3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Powell v. Parole Eligibility Review BoardCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
  2. Hoover Motor Exp. Co. v. Railroad & Public Utilities CommissionTennessee Supreme Court · 1953
  3. Danny A. Stewart v. Derrick D. Schofield, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of CorrectionTennessee Supreme Court · 2012
  4. Arnold v. Tennessee Board of ParolesTennessee Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Yokley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1981

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