Barry v. Lauck
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SUMNER. This cause -was heard hy Chancellor John P. Steele, of the Third Division, at a Special Term, in July, 1868, •who pronounced a decree in the cause; from which James E. Lauck, appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
This is a petition in Chancery, filed under the provisions of sec. 900, of the Code, for the purpose of testing the validity of an election held in the Seventh Chancery Division of this State, and under which the defendant, Lauck, claims to have been elected to the office of Chancellor of said Division.
The petitioner, Barry, was appointed by the Governor of this State, to fill a vacancy existing in the office of Chancellor of that Division, until his success- or should be chosen and qualified — his commission taking effect on the 11th day of September, 1865. On *590the 21st of February, 1868, the…
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