Lucken v. Falligant

Bowles, Justice.

Appellants, as residents and registered voters of the township of Vernonburg, a municipality in Chatham County, Georgia, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus against J. Daniel Falligant, Superintendent for Elections *817for the city, Joseph D. Purvis, Intendant (Mayor) and Thomas H. Adams, Archie H. Davis, James E. Hungerpiller, and Harrell C. Murray, Jr., as Town Commissioners, making up the governing council of the municipality.

The complaint alleges that a regular election for the municipality was held on May 3,1978, for the positions of Intendant and Commissioners. The names…