State ex rel. Cannon v. Lee
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Shelby County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari from the Court of Civil Appeals to the Supreme Court. — H. Dent Minor, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
This hill was filed in the name of the State, upon the relation of a citizen, as stated in the caption, to vacate the office of James Lee, a magistrate elected for the Sixth district of Shelby county.
The chancellor granted the relief sought, and his decree was affirmed by the court of civil appeals. A petition for certiorari was presented to a member of this court, and granted by him, and the case in this way brought before us for review.
Shannon’s Code, section 433, provides: “Justices of the peace shall vacate their office by removal from the district for which they were elected. ...”
Therefor…
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