Jackson v. Bell

RANDOLPH, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Gloria Richmond Jackson appeals the Quitman County Circuit Court Special Judge’s dismissal with prejudice of her petition for judicial review of an election contest, which contested the result of a Democratic primary runoff election. Jackson’s petition was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, because she failed to attach two attorney certificates to her petition, as required by Mississippi Code Section 23-15-927. We hold that the special judge erred by dismissing Jackson’s petition with prejudice for the nonmerits issue of lack of jurisdiction.…