Murray v. Simms

Opinion of the 'Court by

Commissioner Hobson

Denying writ of prohibition. .

On December 19, 1929, Eugene Murray filed in this court his petition for a writ of prohibition against the judge of the Warren circuit court. The facts stated in the petition are these:

At the regular election on November 5, Eugene Murray and J. P. Hodges were candidates for justice of the peace in Hickory Plat district of Warren county. On November 21,1929, Hodges filed a petition in the Warren circuit court contesting the election of Murray. Murray filed answer on November 26, 1929, in which he alleged that the election…