State ex rel. Swann v. Freshour

Mr. JustiN Chattin

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petition in this case was filed by Honorable Douglas M. Amick, a licensed Attorney and a member of the Cocke County Bar, seeking a declaration of the court whether the defendant, Curtis Preshour, a layman, was qualified to assume the office of Judge of the Court of *484General Sessions of Cocke County. An injunction was also sought restraining the Election Commission of that County from issuing a certificate of election to the defendant, Freshour.

Honorable Henry F. Swann, District Attorney General for the Second Judicial Circuit of this…