Dumas v. Democratic State Central Committee

In this suit plaintiff Walter C. Dumas seeks by writ of mandamus to compel the Democratic State Central Committee and Honorable Wade O. Martin, Jr., Secretary of State of the State of Louisiana, to include his name on the ballot in the approaching primary election as a candidate for membership on the State Central Committee from District 26. From a judgment dismissing his suit on its merit, plaintiff has appealed.

The operable facts of the case, all of which were • stipulated, are as follows. Plaintiff possesses all of the qualifications necessary for candidacy for the office he seeks. Arthur…