State Ex Rel. Thompson v. Carr

At a special municipal election to fill a vacancy in the office of councilman for the Twenty-fourth Ward of the City of Nashville, held on September 22, 1932, no candidate received a majority of the votes cast. The defendant, John H. Lechleiter, received a plurality, and the relator, Henry C. Thompson, received the next highest number of votes cast.

This suit was filed by the relator for the writ of mandamus, to compel the Board of Election Commissioners to hold a special run-off election, in which the voters may record their preference between the said Lechleiter and Thompson. In aid of this…