FONVILLE v. McLAUGHLIN


270 A.2d 529 (1970)

Oliver S. FONVILLE, Petitioner Below, Appellant, v. William T. McLAUGHLIN et al., Appellees. Ernest WEBSTER and Morris Roberts, Petitioners Below, Appellants, v. William T. McLAUGHLIN et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

October 23, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest S. Wilson, Jr., of Wilson & Russell, Wilmington, for appellant Oliver S. Fonville.

Peter Warren Green, of Booker, Leshem, Green, Shaffer, Berl & Wise, Wilmington, for appellants Ernest Webster and Morris Roberts.

Stephen B. Potter, of Sullivan, Potter & Roeberg, Wilmington, for appellee Johnny B. Johnson.

WOLCOTT, C. J., and CAREY and HERRMANN, JJ., sitting.


HERRMANN, Justice.

These are appeals from the Order of the Superior Court, dated October 21, 1970, holding:

"* * * that John Brice Johnson, a/k/a Johnnie B. Johnson, is entitled to have his name appear on the ballot as a Democratic candidate for the State General Assembly * * *."

On October 13, 1970, the Superior Court had stricken from the records of the Court a plea of guilty which had been entered by...

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