Tennessee § 17-2-119 - Contested elections — Temporary judge.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 17-2-119 — Contested elections — Temporary judge., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 17-2-119. Contested elections — Temporary judge.
The governor shall appoint a temporary judge, chancellor or district attorney general in all cases where a contest arises in the election of any of those officers, and they shall hold the offices, and have all the powers and jurisdiction pertaining to the offices, until the contest is judicially determined and the regularly elected officers are duly qualified and commissioned; and they are clothed with the same power, and shall receive the same compensation, as is allowed the officer in other cases, to be paid out of the state treasury upon a warrant of the commissioner of finance and administration. Acts 1870-1871, ch. 73; Shan., § 5733; Code 1932, § 9922; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 24; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 97, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 17-226; modified. Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 623. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 16 Tenn. Juris., Judges, §§ 12, 22; 21 Tenn. Juris., Public Officers, § 5.
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Section 17-2-119 ("Contested elections — Temporary judge.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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