Staples v. State Ex Rel. King

On Motion for Writ of Prohibition.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court of Navarro county granting a temporary writ of injunction restraining S. L. Staples, secretary of state, from certifying to the election boards of the state the name of the Hon. Earle B. Mayfield as the Democratic nominee for United States Senator, and restraining the election boards from receiving such certification from the secretary of state, or printing the name of the said Mayfield on the ballots, or permitting ballots to be used, etc., with the name of Mr. Mayfield thereon as a Democratic candidate…