Geiger v. DeBusk

CLAUDE WILLIAMS, Chief Justice.

Relator, Richard Scott Geiger, has with our permission filed his original petition in this court seeking a writ of mandamus against respondent, Manuel DeBusk, Chairman, Dallas County Democratic Executive Committee, requesting this court to order respondent to omit the name of Pete Howell as a candidate for nomination to the office of state representative, District 33G, Dallas County, Texas, when the official ballot is prepared. Our jurisdiction to hear this original proceeding is expressly granted by Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 1735a (Vernon Supp.1975) and…