Keenan v. Price

HYATT, Justice.

Plaintiff, alleging that he possesses the required qualifications for holding the office of governor and seeks the nomination of the Democratic Party therefor at the coming nominating election of August 10, 1948, brought this original proceeding for a writ of mandate to compel the defendant Secretary of State, to accept and file his declaration and petitions for candidacy and to certify his name to the county auditors as a candidate to be voted on at said election, thereby directly challenging the validity of the amendment of Sec. 1, Article IV of our Constitution, approved and…