Fletcher v. Teater

PALMORE, Chief Justice.

In Fletcher v. Wilson, Ky., 495 S.W.2d 787, decided June 1, 1973, and hereinafter mentioned as the first Fletcher opinion, it was held that a voter who is qualified to vote for the nomination in issue can maintain a pre-primary action challenging the right of a purported candidate to have his name appear on the ballot.

On a second appeal in the same case, Fletcher v. Wilson, Ky., 500 S.W.2d 601, decided October 12, 1973, it was held that the pre-primary nominating papers of James R. Davis for the office of magistrate of the Marble Creek District in Jessamine County were…