Worman v. Hagan
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County. A petition was filed in this case by the appellants for a mandamus to compel the appellees, as Supervisors of Election for Frederick County, to hold a meeting at such time as the Court might designate, and place upon the official ballots to be used at the ensuing election in November, 1893, the names of the petitioners as candidates for County Commissioners of Frederick County.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County. A petition was filed in this case by the appellants for a mandamus to compel the appellees, as Supervisors of Election for Frederick County, to hold a meeting at such time as the Court might designate, and place upon the official ballots to be used at the ensuing election in November, 1893, the names of the petitioners as candidates for County Commissioners of Frederick County. After answers, the Circuit Court (Lynch, J.,) passed a pro form,a, order refusing the writ of mandamus and dismissing the petition. From this order the present appeal…
1Opinion of the CourtBryan, J.
The counsel on both sides requested that the Court would hear this cause in advance of the time when it would have been reached in the regular course of the docket. The great public interests involved in a prompt decision of the questions presented by the record required that we should accede to the request. We will explain the manner in which the case arises. The appellants having been nominated by the Convention of the Republican Party in Frederick County as candidates for County Commissioners in said county, desired that their names should be placed on the official ballot to be prepared by…
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