Rodgers v. White

OPINION

FONES, Chief Justice.

All parties have appealed. White, et al (hereinafter defendants) question the standing of Ellen Davies Rodgers (hereinafter plaintiff) to bring this suit as an election contest. Mrs. Rodgers asserts that the question submitted to the electorate of Shelby County on August 1, 1974, involving the restructure of Shelby County Government, violated T.C.A. § 2-514(e) and renders that election void.

The learned Chancellor held that plaintiff had standing to maintain the action as an election contest and that the question on the ballot did not violate the provisions of…