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McDANIEL v. BEANE

No. 58627.

515 So.2d 949 (1987)

J.C. McDANIEL v. David C. BEANE. and David C. BEANE v. J.C. McDANIEL.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 18, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell D. Colburn, Sparks, Wicker & Colburn, Tupelo, for appellant.

Charles R. Brett, Tupelo, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and ROBERTSON and GRIFFIN, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

This is an election contest. State law has been designed to filter out sour grapes and to that end requires that two attorneys independently examine and certify to the merit of a defeated candidate's petition for judicial review. Authoritative construction of that law disqualifies attorneys representing the contestant from making that certificate. Today's contestant ran afoul these rules, in consequence of which his...

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