Tennessee Supreme Court April 15, 1872 (State v. Wright)

lead-opinion

Sneed, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court, McFarland and Freeman, J.J., concurring.

The relator, by bill filed in the Circuit Court of Shelby county on the 13th day of April, 1870, invokes the aid of the court in ousting the defendant from the office of sheriff of said county, which he is charged to have seized upon, and usurped without warrant of law, and to which the relator