State Ex Rel. Hodges v. Kosciusko Circuit Court

GIVAN, Chief Justice.

On November 21, 1979, petitioners Harvey Dale Tucker and John Kleeman filed a “Petition to Recount Votes and Contest Election”, questioning the election of relator Hodges to the Office of Mayor of the City of Warsaw, Indiana, and the election of Phillip J. Roy, as Councilmember-at-large of the City of Warsaw, in the general election held November 6, 1979.

Petitioners signed the petition on November 12, 1979. Their attorneys did not sign this petition nor did their names appear on the petition. The petition, which was not filed until November 21, 1979, was not verified in…