STATE EX REL. MUIRHEAD v. STATE BD. OF ELEC. COM'RS

No. 46794.

259 So.2d 698 (1972)

STATE of Mississippi, on relation of Jean D. MUIRHEAD v. STATE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS and James Donald Spann.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied April 10, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merrida P. Coxwell, Jackson, for appellant.

Sullivan, Sullivan & Keyes, Jackson, A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by W.D. Coleman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for State Board of Election Commissioners.


RODGERS, Presiding Justice.

This litigation began as a petition in the nature of an application for a writ of quo warranto to determine who is entitled to hold the office of Senator of Post 5 of the 27th Senatorial District of Mississippi.

Jean D. Muirhead alleged that she is a resident of Hinds County, Mississippi, and that at that time she held the office of Senator, Post 5 of the 27th Senatorial District. She alleged that James Donald Spann is also a resident...

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