Bourgeois v. Fairchild

Citations

• 81 Miss. 708

Syllabus

<p>Municipalities. Elections. Returns. Certification by mayor.. Ministerial duties. Mandamus.</p> <p>Where the charter of a municipality provides that the mayor and aldermen shall appoint election commissioners to perform all the duties in respect to municipal elections prescribed by law to be performed by county election commissioners, where applicable, and, after the close of the polls, to ascertain the results in the presence of the mayor and at least one alderman who, with the commissioners, shall certify the returns, the duty of the mayor to . certify the returns is ministerial, and he may be compelled to do so by mandamus.</p>