Langston v. Johnson

John A. Fogleman, Justice.

Appellant Langston filed with the Perry County Board of Election Commissioners a petition nominating him for the office of Mayor of Bigelow prior to the General Election in 1972. Ballots were printed and an election held on November 7, 1972. More votes were cast for Langston than for a write-in candidate named Brown. When the incumbent mayor, Johnson, continued to act as such in 1973, Lang-ston applied to the Circuit Court of Perry County, Arkansas, for a writ of mandamus commanding Johnson to cease to act as mayor and prayed that Johnson be required to show his…