State Ex Rel. v. Perkinson

Belators, citizens of Lawrenceburg, sued under chapter 11, Acts of 1915-, to oust defendant from the office of City Commissioner. After hearing the case upon answer and proof, the Chancellor dismissed the petition and relators appealed. The acts upon which they seek to remove defendant from office are: His sale of a strip of land thirty by eighty-four feet to the city, the sale by defendant of 850' feet of lumber to the city for $18.02, and his acceptance while City Commissioner of the position of City Manager at a salary of $100 a month.

The defendant bought the land by direction of the City…