Rose v. White

CLAUDE WILLIAMS, Chief Justice.

Charles R. Rose has with our permission filed his petition for writ of mandamus ordering and commanding respondents White, DeBusk and Murdoch to omit the name of respondent Richard Scott Geiger from the official ballot of the Democratic primary as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for state representative, District 33-G, Dallas County, Texas. Our jurisdiction to hear and determine this original proceeding is derived from Tex.Rev.Civ. Stat.Ann. art. 1735a (Vernon Supp.1975).

The sole contention advanced by petitioner Rose is that respondent Geiger will not…