State Ex Rel. Rice v. Dillon

This is an election contest. Hezzie Deere and H. W. Smith were run-off candidates for Supervisor of District No. 1 in Walthall County, Mississippi, in the second primary in 1943. The County Election Commissioners found that Deere was nominated by a majority of one vote. Smith contested that finding.

This Court, on appeal to it, by an opinion handed down December 20, 1943, held that the election was a tie and that no one was nominated. Smith v. Deere, 195 Miss. 502, 16 So. (2d) 33. In the meantime, the name of Deere alone as a candidate for said office appeared upon the ticket for the general…