PYRON v. JOINER

No. 52011.

381 So.2d 627 (1980)

W.H. "Shag" PYRON v. Bob JOINER.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wheeless, Beanland, Shappley & Bailess, John C. Wheeless, Jr., Vicksburg, for appellant.

Keyes, Moss & Piazza, Ben J. Piazza, Jr., Earl Keyes, Jackson, Samuel E. Farris, Hattiesburg, for appellee.

EN BANC.


ROBERTSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

On August 27, 1979, W.H. "Shag" Pyron filed his Petition to Contest with the State Democratic Executive Committee challenging the Committee's certification of Bob Joiner as the winner in the Democratic primary election for Highway Commissioner from the Southern District, the Committee having found that Joiner was the winner by 5 votes, he having received a total of 133,857 votes, and Pyron 133,852 votes in the Democratic...

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