State ex rel. Chitwood v. Murley

The hill in this case was filed under Section 8-2701 and 23-2801(2), T.C.A., to test the right of the appellee, Murley, to hold office as a member of the Board of Education of Scott County.

Murley and three others were elected as members of the School Board on August 2, 1956. This suit was brought on September 19, 1956 as a “bill in quo war-ranto”. There are three other companion bills which it is agreed will be treated exactly as this one. This case is appealed merely as a test case for the four Board members. On June 29, 1956 the Attorney General had filed ouster bills' against the same…