State ex rel. Thompson v. Third Circuit Court of Appeal at Large District Democratic Executive Committee

This is a mandamus proceeding to compel the Third Circuit Court of Appeal at Large District Democratic Executive Committee to certify relator as a candidate for the office of Judge at Large of the Third Circuit Court of Appeal. Made defendants were the Committee, its chairman, and Judge Preston L. Savoy, whom the Committee had certified as the sole candidate qualifying for the office during the qualification period. The plaintiff appeals from judgment dismissing his suit.

By ratification in November of 1958 of Act 561 of 1958, submitted to the people as a constitutional amendment to revise the…