Hallahan v. Moody

DAVIS, Commissioner.

The appellee, Orville Moody, and five other residents of Jeffersontown presented to the appellant, James Hallahan, Clerk of the Jefferson County Court, a nominating petition and requested that their names be placed upon the ballot as candidates for six councilmanic seats to be voted upon in Jeffersontown at the general election, November 7, 1967. The nominating petition was presented to the appellant-clerk after the date of the primary election held in May 1967. The appellant-clerk declined to accept the nominating petition because it had not been filed at least forty-five…