State Ex Rel. Dunshie v. Fields

The Democratic state central committee convened pursuant to the provisions of Act 97 of 1922, on October 4, 1927, and on that date, by resolution, ordered a primary election for the Democratic party to be held in this state on January 17,1928, and, in the resolution calling the primary, fixed October 25,1927, as the last day for the filing of notices of intention to become candidates for nomination to the various state offices for which candidates are to be nominated.

On October 14, 1927, James J. Bailey, one of the defendants herein, filed his notice of intention to become a candidate for the…