State Ex Rel. Barham v. Graham

These causes, while not consolidated, were heard at the same time and will he disposed of in one opinion. The controversy is with respect to the salary of the office of Judge of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit of Tennessee from September 1, 1926, to June 1, 1929', during which time a contest was pending between relators as to which was entitled to the office, and which contest was finally decided favorably to Denison by this court about the latter date.

At the August election, in 1918, Barham was elected judge for eight years, beginning 'September 1, 1918. At the August election, 1926, he was…