Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. West v. Kivett
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 6, 1957PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mn. Justice Tomliusow
delivered the opinion of the Court.
That which is to be decided is (1) whether this case has become moot, and, if so, (2) whether the Court should depart from its usual practice of declining to decide a moot case.
Kivett, while County Judge of Claiborne County, was sentenced in January of 1957 to the penitentiary for a term of three years and adjudged infamous following, and because of, his conviction of embezzlement of county funds. The Attorney General for that judicial circuit, because of said sentence, and while appeal from said conviction was pending, promptly…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Richardson v. YoungTennessee Supreme Court · 1909
- McCanless, Com'r v. KleinTennessee Supreme Court · 1945
- State ex rel. Loser v. National Optical Stores Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1949
- State Ex Rel. Guthrie v. ChapmanWashington Supreme Court · 1936
- State ex rel. Wilson v. BushTennessee Supreme Court · 1918
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- West v. CarrTennessee Supreme Court · 1963
- Watts v. Memphis Transit Management Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1971
- Haynes v. City of Pigeon ForgeCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
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