SHANNON v. HENSON

No. 57220.

499 So.2d 758 (1986)

Jimmy Lee SHANNON v. Charles HENSON.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Max Kilpatrick, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Edward Blackmon, Jr., Canton, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the court:

I.

This election contest turns on questions of timing and procedure. Were the statutorily prescribed procedures for casting absentee ballots complied with? Was judicial review timely sought? And, to what extent is judicial review of an election contest governed by the pleading and practice provisions of the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure?

As explained below, this election contest was brought timely —...

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