Southall v. Billings

On Petition to Rehear

White, Justice.

A petition to rehear has been filed in this case by counsel for contestee, Ben Billings. We will attempt to clarify one point which was considered and determined in our original opinion and deal at some length with the contestee’s third ground, which is based upon our recent decision in the case of Hilliard v. Park, 212 Tenn. 588, 370 S.W.2d 829 (1963).

Contestee’s first ground of contention is that the contestant’s petition does not specifically point out enough illegal votes to change the results of the election and that this is a fatal defect when…