Klein v. Schulz

THOMAS, Justice.

The appellant, Gerald J. Klein, and the appellee, George E. Schulz, undertook to •qualify in the primary election of 1956 for the office of Judge of the Court of Crimes which the latter is now holding by appointment of the governor. The officials charged with supervising the election declined their request on the ground that there was no vacancy in the office to be filled at the elec■tion. Mr. Klein then brought an action in •mandamus and secured an alternative writ •commanding the Dade County Democratic Executive Committee to accept the “necessary oath, party assessment,…