Parker v. Board of Election Supervisors

We, heretofore, filed a per curiam order in which we sustained the chancellor in his dismissal of appellant’s bill of complaint. We now state the reasons for our ruling.

Judge Raine, in the trial court, based his decision to dismiss the bill of complaint, solely, upon the ground of laches; hence there is but one question for our determination.

Pursuant to the Code (1957), Article 33, Section 67 (f), appellant filed a bill of complaint on September 25, 1962, alleging that certain nominating petitions filed with the Board of Supervisors of Elections were defective due to the lack of a sufficient…