STATE v. SMITH


287 S.W.2d 63 (1956)

STATE ex rel. Clifton BARNES et al. v. C.C. SMITH et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 3, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baxter Key, Dist. Atty. Gen., Carthage, E. R. Woolard, Lebanon, Homer B. Weimar, Nashville, for plaintiffs.

R. L. Forrester, Watertown, for defendants.


SWEPSTON, Justice.

The bill in this case was filed on March 17, 1955, as a sequel to the case of State v. Simpson, Tenn., 281 S.W.2d 679. Reference to the opinion in that case will disclose that the purpose of that bill was to determine the question of the legality of the appointment of the defendants, C.C. Smith and Fred J. Davenport, to fill the unexpired term as trustees of Watertown Special School District, which term expired...

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