State Ex Rel. Lindsey v. Tollison

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Woods.

The Court regrets that it cannot, without a violation of the statute law of the State, settle the controversy as to the office of supervisor of registration in this proceeding. But the defendant has interposed a ground of demurrer which seems fatal to the proceeding.

The plaintiff, Lindsey, filed his petition in this Court in the name of the State by leave of the Attorney General, claiming to be one of the supervisors of registration of Anderson county, and alleging that the defendant, Tollison, without authority of law is holding the…