Ackley v. Jordan

THE COURT.

Mandate to compel the Secretary of State to certify the petitioner as the duly nominated candidate of the Democratic party for the office of assemblyman for the nineteenth assembly district, and to place his name on the official ballot at the ensuing general election.

The petitioner was affiliated with the Democratic party and was a candidate for the office of assemblyman in said district at the recent primary election. Gardner Johnson was affiliated with the Republican party and was a candidate of that party for the same office. Mr. Johnson failed of nomination of his own party, but…