Simpson v. Hughes, Clerk of Court of Appeals

Opinion of the Court by

Yan Sant, Commissioner

—Affirming.

The action was instituted by appellants against appellees, Hughes, Ford, and Wheeler, comprising the State Board of Election Commissioners; K. N. Harris, Chairman of the Bell County Democratic Executive Committee; and Alec Patterson, the Bell County Democratic Election Commissioner. Appellants sued “in behalf of themselves and all of the other members of the Democratic Executive Committee of Bell County,” and “as citizens and acting for and in behalf of all the law abiding citizens of said County,” and “in behalf of themselves, as…