Carpenter v. Hale

Opinion op the Court by.

Judge Hannah

Affirming.

An election was held, on August 2, 1913, in Sub-district No. 4, Educational Division No. 6 of Magoffin County, for the purpose of electing a sub-district trustee.

Irvin Carpenter and H. C. Hale were the contending candidates. The officers of the election were Morgan, Mullins and Willie Arnett, Judges, and Matt Wireman, Clerk.

At the close of the polls, Arnett and Wireman signed a certificate as of that date to the effect that Carpenter had received sixteen votes and Hale twenty-three votes, and that Hale had been elected trustee. This certificate…