State v. Rapides Parish Democratic Executive Com.

This is a proceeding under the provisions of the Primary Election Law, Act No. 46 of 1940, as amended, in which relator, Hiram Doyle, seeks to compel, by mandamus, the Rapides Parish Democratic Executive Committee to certify relator to the Secretary of State as a duly qualified candidate for the office of Police Juror of Ward Six, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, in the Democratic primary election of January 20, 1948.

The undisputed facts which are embodied in the stipulation between the parties are that the Rapides Parish Democratic Executive Committee, meeting on October 8, 1947, called a…