Mississippi Supreme Court, 1968

Jolliff v. Wilkinson County Board of Election Commissioners

Jolliff v. Wilkinson County Board of Election Commissioners
Mississippi Supreme Court · Decided October 28, 1968 · Patterson
215 So. 2d 240; 1968 Miss. LEXIS 1339 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Jolliff v. Wilkinson County Board of Election Commissioners

Opinion of the Court

PATTERSON, Justice:

This appeal concerns the right of James R. Jolliff, Jr. to participate as a candidate in a special election to fill a vacancy on the Board of Supervisors for Beat 1 of Wilkinson County.

The election was stayed by this Court in Jolliff v. State of Mississippi, Miss., 210 So.2d 470 (Miss. 1968). The appellant’s conviction was reversed and he was reinstated to office by this Court in Jolliff v. State of Mississippi, Miss., 215 So.2d 234 decided this date. This appeal is therefore moot and is hereby dismissed.

Appeal dismissed.

All Justices concur.

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