Nelson v. Gray

The appellant and appellee were rival candidates for the democratic nomination for county and probate judge of Stone County in the run-off primary election held on the 28th day of August, 1934. The Democratic Central Committee of that county certified that the appellant had received 629 votes and the appellee 630 votes, and declared Gray the nominee of the party.

The plaintiff, appellant here, in due time filed contest, alleging that he had received the majority of the legal votes of the county in said primary, and that he was entitled to the certificate of nomination, and alleged also that…