STATE EX REL. PATTERSON v. LEE

No. 45158.

218 So.2d 434 (1969)

STATE of Mississippi ex rel. Joe T. PATTERSON, Attorney General v. Dunbar W. LEE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 3, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe W. Hobbs, Watkins & Eager, Jackson, for appellant.

Clements & Clements, Rolling Fork, Dent, Ward, Martin & Terry, Vicksburg, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:

This quo warranto proceeding questions the right of Dunbar W. Lee, appellee, to hold the elective office of Superintendent of Education of Issaquena County. It originated with a petition for a writ of quo warranto being filed by the State of Mississippi, ex rel. Joe T. Patterson, Attorney General, against Lee, which sought to remove him from office on the ground that he was not lawfully qualified...

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