Etherly v. Eddy

This is an appeal in an election case. On November 2, 2000, the Phillips County Circuit Court entered a declaratory judgment and mandamus that (1) declared the appellants, Don R. Etherly and Earnest Simes, to be ineligible as candidates for Justice of the Peace, District 5, Phillips County, and (2) ordered the Phillips County Election Commission “not to count any vote cast for the Defendants, Earnest Simes and Don Etherly, in the General Election to be held on Tuesday, November 7, 2000.” The appellants filed a notice of appeal on November 9, 2000, and then, on December 8, 2000, they filed a…