Commonwealth ex rel. Graham v. County Commissioners

Rossiter, P. J.,

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the county commissioners to insert the word “farmer” on the ballot after or under the name of the complainant.

A mandamus in the alternative form was issued, to which the commissioners filed an answer admitting all the pertinent facts, viz., that McCreary, McCray and McCarty were all candidates on the same ticket for the same office at the coming primaries for nomination, viz., for the office of representative in the legislature, and that they had refused to insert the word “farmer” on the ballot after or under the name of…