Gregory v. Stubblefield

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

Noble J. Gregory is contesting the result of a primary election in which Frank A. Stubblefield was successful. The trial court dismissed Gregory’s petition for failure to state a claim on which relief could have been granted.

The parties were the two contending candidates for the Democratic nomination for Representative to the Congress of the United States from the First Congressional District of Kentucky, composed of seventeen counties. The primary election was held on May 27, 1958. The asserted claim for relief is based on Sections III and IV of the petition.

Section III…