Culverwell v. Ross

OPINION

By the Court,

Dysart, District Judge:

This is an original proceeding for a writ of mandate to compel the respondent, Sarah Gentry Ross, as county clerk of the county of Lincoln, State of Nevada, to place the name of petitioner, Charles Culverwell, upon the official primary election ballot for nomination, by the democratic party, as a candidate for the office of sheriff of said Lincoln County, to be voted for at the primary election to be held September 6, 1938.

Respondent in justification of her actions in refusing to accept petitioner’s declaration of candidacy and her refusal to place…