Smith v. Hogan

Fox, Judge:

Petitioner, J. Matt Smith, claims that he is the regular nominee of the Democratic party for the office of mayor of the City of Williamson, in an election to be held in said city on May 18, 1937; that J. R. Rutherford, Tom Chafin, J. R. Carr and B. H. Keesee are such nominees, in their respective wards of said city, for the office of members of the council; and he seeks a mandamus against the ballot commissioners of said city, and the council thereof, to require the placing on the Democratic ticket of the names of the said individuals as nominees for said offices.

The charter of the…