Hill v. Mayor of Colmar Manor

The appellants, Harry W. Hill and Olin L. Merchant, filed a petition in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County for a writ of mandamus to require the Mayor and Town Council of Colmar Manor (1) to count write-in votes cast for them, respectively, for the offices of Mayor and Councilman for the Third Ward, (2) to declare the installation of others in those offices to be void, (3) to install the appellant Hill as Mayor and the appellant Merchant as Councilman for the Third Ward, and (4) to produce records and perform other acts more or less incidental to the foregoing action. The Mayor and…