State Ex Rel. Hammond v. Hatfield

Riley, President:

The relator, Henry T. Hammond, the unsuccessful Republican candidate for Mayor of the City of Williamson at an election held on June 10, 1952, brought this original proceeding in mandamus against Joseph P. Hatfield, Mayor of the City of Williamson, John Layne, Norman Roberts, Wilson R. Farrar, and Joe Marcum, members of the Council of the City of Williamson, the five so named, as such, comprising the Board of Canvassers of the City of Williamson until midnight on June 30, 1952 (hereinafter referred to as the “Board”), and their successors in office, Pierce B. Maynard,…