State Ex Rel. Clayton v. Neal

Fox, Judge:

Bruce T. Clayton invokes the original jurisdiction of this Court in mandamus, seeking to compel the Board of Canvassers of Putnam County to declare him the nominee of the democratic party for the office of prosecuting attorney of said county, on the ground that respondent, William J. Thompson, although having received a plurality of the votes cast for said nomination was not legally a candidate and not entitled' to have counted for him any of the votes he received in the primary election held on the 14th of May, 1940.

The undisputed facts are as follows: The relator, Bruce T.…