State, Ex Rel. Cullinan v. Boards, Elections

I would add a few observations to the foregoing decision with which I concur.

Even if, for the sake of argument, the Court of Appeals had jurisdiction to maintain an original action in mandamus and in prohibition concerning the subject matter of an election controversy in both cases, the substantive law applicable to the facts stated in both petitions would require a denial of relief to relator in both cases. I prefer to emphasize the substantive law applicable and to predicate our decision entirely upon it rather than upon rules of law delineating and concerning original jurisdiction of the…