State ex rel. Ross v. Fleming

James B. Ross, County Attorney for Maury County, on relation of the State of Tennessee brought an action for a writ of mandamus in the Circuit Court of Maury County against David P. Fleming, County Judge of Maury County to require the County Judge to pay the salary of the County Attorney under the provisions of Chapter 235 of the Private Acts of 1959. In this opinion James B. Ross, County Attorney will be referred to as petitioner and David F. Fleming, County Judge as defendant.

The office of County Attorney for Maury County was created by Chapter 287 of the Private Acts for 1901, and is as…