State ex rel. Wellford v. Williams
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Shelby county.— F. H. Heiskell, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. -Justice Neil
delivered the opinion of the court-.
This was a proceeding instituted in the chancery court .of Shelby county for a mandamus upon the defendant, as mayor of the city of Memphis, to compel him to allow the relator to examine the corporation books of the said city of Memphis with an expert accountant. An alternative writ was issued by the chancellor, to which the defendant responded. Thereupon the relator demanded the peremptory writ on the pleadings as they then stood. The chancellor denied the relief sought, and complainant has appealed and assigned errors.
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