Legal Opinion
Straughter v. Collins
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided June 13, 2002No. 2000-EC-01947-SCTPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
819 So.2d 1244 (2002)
McArthur STRAUGHTER
v.
Cobie COLLINS.
No. 2000-EC-01947-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
June 13, 2002.
John R. Reeves, Jackson, attorney for appellant.
Derek E. Parker, Yazoo City, attorney for appellee.
Before SMITH, P.J., COBB and DIAZ, JJ.
COBB, J., for the Court.
¶ 1. McArthur Straughter filed a complaint in the Yazoo County Circuit Court challenging the results of the 1999 general election for Yazoo County District 5 Supervisor in which Cobie Collins defeated him by 36 votes. The complaint was brought to trial, but at the conclusion of Straughter's case-in-chief, the…
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