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LOVELLE v. THORNTON

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234 S.C. 21 (1959)

106 S.E.2d 531

Jack C. LOVELLE, Petitioner, v. O. Frank THORNTON et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

January 13, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Smith & Smith, of Florence, for Petitioner. Messrs. T.C. Callison, Attorney General and James S. Verner, Assistant Attorney General, of Columbia, for Respondent, Board of State Canvassers, and McEachin, Towsend & Zeigler, of Florence, for Respondent, J.A. Elvington.

January 13, 1959.

LEGGE, Justice.

Petitioner, a "write-in" candidate in the general election of November 4, 1958, for the office of County Commissioner in Dillon County, seeks certiorari to review the action of the Board of State Canvassers overruling his protest of the election of his opponent, J.A. Elvington. The facts before us, as shown in the petition and the returns to the order to show cause issued thereon, are not in dispute.

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