BLAKENEY v. HAWKINS

No. 52083.

384 So.2d 1035 (1980)

Clifton BLAKENEY v. Ted HAWKINS.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied July 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Lee, Forest, for appellant.

Oates & Houston, R.K. Houston, Jr., Bay Springs, Tullos, Tullos & Tullos, Eugene C. Tullos, Raleigh, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and SUGG and BOWLING, JJ.


PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court.

Pursuant to Mississippi Code Annotated section 23-5-187 (1972), Clifton Blakeney, a candidate in the November 6, 1979, election for the Smith County Board of Education, District No. 5, filed an election contest in the Circuit Court of Smith County. He alleged the County Election Commissioners' certified results showing Ted Hawkins to be the winner by a plurality of thirteen votes arose from a material irregularity in the Warren...

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