State Ex Rel. Downey v. Emmert

Woods, Judge:

The relator, Wm. W. Downey, instituted this proceeding against the respondents, H. H. Emmert and J. Prank Beck-with, Jr., as chairman and secretary, respectively, of the Democratic judicial convention for the twenty-third judicial circuit, to compel them to certify his name as the nominee of the Democratic party of said district for judge of said circuit, claiming that he was legally nominated.

Relator, a resident of Jefferson county, 'and Cleveland H. Seibert, a resident of Berkeley county, were rival candidates for the nomination. Each had at least a few delegates favoring him…