State ex rel. Thompson v. Simmons

STONE, Judge.

This proceeding was instituted in the Circuit Court of Oregon County on May 2, 1972, by the filing of relator J. L. Thompson’s petition in which he sought a writ of mandamus commanding Larry Lee Simmons, County Clerk of Oregon County, to accept relator’s declaration of candidacy for the office of Sheriff of that county. On that date, an alternative writ of mandamus was issued and served, to which the County Clerk filed his return on May 24, 1972; and, on the issues thereafter joined by relator’s answer, evidence was taken and the parties were accorded a plenary hearing on June 2,…