Sullivan v. State

Romie Sullivan, the appellant, was prosecuted in the justice of the peace court for violation of section 6686, Hemingway’s Code of 1927 (Laws 1916, chapter 116, section 8), and was convicted and fined one hundred dollars.

The main assignment of error is that the affidavit charges no offense. The affidavit, barring the formal part, charges that:

“Romie Sullivan did willfully and unlawfully operate a certain motor vehicle, to-wit, a Chevrolet truck, on the Eureka and Nettleton public road, a public highway in Lee county, Miss., and did pass Rubel Nicholson, -who was operating a Chevrolet truck on…