Mississippi State Board of Election Commissioners v. Meredith

(specially concurring) :

I concur in the opinion of the majority for the reasons stated therein and for the further reason that the case of Bowen v. Williams, 238 Miss. 57, 117 So.2d 710 (1960), by its very terms is distinguished from this case, leaving it to be without value as a precedent. It states:

In the instant case the appellant, Ro-wen did not qualify as a candidate in the primaries, and, therefore, did not follow that method of getting his name on the ticket in the general election, but he did follow the provisions of Sec. 3260, Code of 1942, to become an independent candidate for the…