Legal Opinion

Brickell v. State Election Board

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided August 23, 1950No. 34790PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ARNOLD, V.C.J.

Pertinent to the issues tendered the facts are not in dispute. Petitioner, Brickell, and one Kessler were candidates for Representative, 5th Legislative District, Oklahoma County, in the July 25, 1950, run-off primary. According to the official returns to the State Election Board Kessler received 20 votes more than Brickell who sought a recount of the votes cast in fourteen designated precincts of said district under and by virtue of the authority of 26 O. S. 1941 §391 which was ordered by the State Election Board under mandate of this court.

The recount was begun and proceeded…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Jarman v. MasonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
  2. Dabney v. HookerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
  3. Looney v. County Election Board of Seminole CountySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1930

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. MacY v. Oklahoma City School District No. 89Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1998
  2. Gray v. State ex rel. State Election BoardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1998
  3. Wagoner County Election Board v. PlunkettSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1956
  4. Brickell v. State Election BoardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1950
  5. MacY v. Oklahoma City School District No. 89Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1998

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