Legal Opinion
Kellum v. Johnson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided October 29, 1959No. 41460PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLee, J.
J. W. Kellum appealed from a judgment of the Special Court, set up under the Corrupt Practices Act of 1935, which dismissed his petition to contest the democratic nomination of Roy E. Johnson in the primary election of August 4, 1959, for the office of District Attorney of the Seventeenth Circuit Court District of the State.
In the primary election, Kellum received 9411 votes and Johnson received 9430 votes, thus giving to Johnson a majority of 19 votes. Thereupon the State Executive Committee declared Johnson to be the nominee.
On September 8, 1959 — 35 days after the primary— Kellum filed…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Ramey v. WoodwardMississippi Supreme Court · 1907
- State ex rel. Brewer v. AbbayMississippi Supreme Court · 1903
- State ex rel. Jacob v. BrownMississippi Supreme Court · 1907
3Cited by13 opinions
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