Burke v. Stephenson

CULLEN, Commissioner.

In an action brought by James B. Stephenson, who was nominated at the May 1957 primary election as the Democratic candidate for the office of circuit court judge of Pike County, judgment was entered enjoining the county court clerk from printing upon the ballots for the regular November election, the name of Francis M. Burke as the Republican candidate for the office. Burke and the county court clerk have appealed.

Stephenson and Burke both were candidates for the Democratic nomination at the May primary. There was no candidate for the Republican nomination. Stephenson…