State Ex Rel. McDonald v. Lollis

FRANK, J.-

Mandamus to compel respondent, County Clerk of Buchanan County, to print the name of relator on the ballots to be submitted to the voters at the general élection.to be held in November, 1930, as a nominee for the office of Justice, of the Peace of Washington Township, Buchanan County, Missouri. The alternative writ issued, to which respondent made return, and relator moved for judgment on the pleadings.

The sufficiency of the pleadings is not challenged and the facts are undisputed. A short statement of the pertinent facts will suffice.

Relator was one of twenty-two candidates on the…