Dunlap v. State ex rel. Durrett

SHORES, Justice.

This .case concerns a mistake made in a municipal election in reporting the number *1306of votes for candidates for City Council, District Three, in Eutaw, Alabama. The trial court issued a writ of quo warranto prohibiting Yvonne Dunlap from entering into the office, and ordering that Cecil Dur-rett, Jr., be installed. Yvonne Dunlap appeals. We affirm.

The order of the trial judge, the Honorable Claud D. Neilson, explains how the mistake occurred:

“This is a Quo Warranto proceeding whereby the Plaintiff was the candidate who received the majority of the votes cast for the office of…