Legal Opinion
Cummings v. Beeler
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided October 10, 1949PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
This suit was initiated by the Secretary of State of the State of Tennesee in his official capacity and by a citizen and taxpayer of the State against the Attorney General of the State of Tennessee and the Comptroller of the State of Tennessee and the Election Commission of Davidson County, Tennessee.
The purpose of the suit was to have the Court declare the rights, status, duties and obligations and other legal relations of the parties as affected by Chapter 49 of the Public Acts of 1949. The bill further averred that the Statute is constitutional and asked that the Court so declare.
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2Cases cited9 opinions
- Luther v. BordenSupreme Court of the United States · 1849
- Weight v. CunninghamTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
- Miller v. MillerTennessee Supreme Court · 1923
- Hodges v. Hamblen CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1925
- Opinion of the Court to the Governor in the Matter of the Constitutional ConventionSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1935
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