Porter v. Conway

The relator, E.A. Conway, Secretary of State, has filed a petition for the dismissal of plaintiff's suit, on the ground that the proceedings involve only a moot case, requiring such dismissal. Obviously, if the case presents only moot questions for decision, it is wholly unnecessary to discuss it on the merits.

The case as it now stands is made up of the following facts and circumstances, viz.:

On July 3, 1934, the Democratic Executive Committee of the Third Supreme Court District met pursuant to law and called a primary election to be held on September 11, 1934, for the purpose of selecting a…