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· 10/15/1919

State ex rel. Horton v. Lawrence

Citations

  • 121 Miss. 338
  • 83 So. 532

Syllabus

<p>Mandamus. Properly dismissed when question becomes moot.</p> <p>Where before a petition for mandamus to compel a recount of votes at a primary election is heard, the election at which the petitioner desired to run as the nominee had been held, the petition was properly dismissed by the court.</p>

Judges: Smith

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