Stevens v. Link

FANNING, Justice.

A mandamus proceeding. On Thursday, October 10, 1968, relator, Donald W. Stevens, a resident of Harrison County, Texas, and the Republican nominee for the office of Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 5, Place 1, Harrison County, Texas, filed a motion for leave to file a petition for writ of mandamus, complaining of Glenn Link, County Clerk of Harrison County, Texas, Jim Ammerman, County Judge of Harrison County, Texas, Doyle Curry, Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of Harrison County, Texas, and Ben Z. Grant, the Democratic nominee (or purported nominee) for the…