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MAHONEY v. SUP. OF ELECTIONS

[Nos. 57-58, October Term, 1954 (Adv.).]

205 Md. 325 (1954)

108 A.2d 143

MAHONEY v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS OF QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY ET AL. MAHONEY v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS OF TALBOT COUNTY ET AL. (Two Appeals in Separate Records)

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Opinion filed October 7, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarke Murphy, Jr., Francis B. Burch and Hyman A. Pressman, with whom were William W. Mahoney and J. Thomas Clark on the brief, for the appellant in both cases.

William C. Walsh and Ralph W. Powers, with whom were Vachel A. Downes, Jr., Walter W. Claggett and James Elmer Thompson, Jr., on the brief, for the appellees in both cases.

Decided, per curiam, August 4, 1954.

DELAPLAINE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

At the primary election held in Maryland on June 28, 1954, Harry Clifton Byrd and George P. Mahoney were the candidates for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Maryland. The official canvass gave Byrd 80 votes and Mahoney 72 votes for nomination by the Democratic State Convention.

The Maryland Election Law provides that every candidate for the nomination...

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