Thornton v. Wayne County Election Commission

272 So.2d 298 (1973)

Pat THORNTON et al.

v.

WAYNE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION et al.

No. 47233.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 22, 1973.

Rehearing Denied February 12, 1973.

Ransom P. Jones, III, Pascagoula, for appellant.

Louie Bishop, Waynesboro, for appellee.

RODGERS, Presiding Justice.

This case arose as a result of alleged irregularities in an election held on June 6, 1972, for the purpose of determining whether or not the sale of beer and wine should be continued within Wayne County, Mississippi.

Appellants, who were retail beer merchants in Wayne County were convinced that the election was…