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ESCO v. BLACKMON

No. 96-CC-00097-SCT.

692 So.2d 74 (1997)

Fred ESCO, Jr. v. Ed BLACKMON, Jr.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 17, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Michael Marks, Jackson, for Appellant.

Jessie L. Evans, Wesley T. Evans, Blackmon Blackmon & Evans, Canton; Roosevelt N. Daniels, Jr., Jackson; Gail Shaw-Pierson, Canton; Herbert Lee, Jackson; Willie L. Bailey, Bailey & Bailey, Greenville, for Appellee.

Before PRATHER, P.J., and PITTMAN and McRAE, JJ.

McRAE, Justice, for the Court:

This appeal arises from a January 25, 1996, resolution of the Mississippi House of Representatives to unconditionally seat Ed Blackmon, Jr., as the duly elected member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from District 57. The appellant, Fred Esco, Jr., contends that the Mississippi Legislature had no jurisdiction to conduct a "hearing" regarding his election contest, since he had never...

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