CUMMINGS v. BENDERMAN

No. 95-CA-01090-SCT.

681 So.2d 97 (1996)

Ricky CUMMINGS and the Democratic Party of the State of Mississippi v. Betty BENDERMAN and Lamar Skinner.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Hawkins, Samuel L. Begley, Maxey, Wann & Begley, Jackson, Nicholas B. Phillips, Iuka, for Appellants.

Phil R. Hinton, Wilson & Hinton, Corinth, for Appellees.

Before DAN LEE, C.J., and PITTMAN and JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., JJ.


DAN LEE, Chief Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal of an election contest which began with the filing of a petition contesting the Democratic primary election for House of Representatives, District One. The petition was filed on September 13, 1995 in the Circuit Court of Alcorn County, Mississippi by Plaintiffs Betty Benderman and Lamar Skinner and named Ricky Cummings as the Defendant.

Cummings answered the petition on October 4, 1995, and on October...

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