Stevenson v. Baker

Appellant, Clayton Baker, a candidate on the Independent ticket, and appellee, James V. Stevenson, a candidate on the Republican ticket, were opposing candidates for the office of supervisor of the town of Otter Creek, LaSalle county, at an election held in that township April 7, 1931. The canvass of the votes showed that appellant had received 259 votes and that appellee had received 258 votes for that office. Appellee on May 1, 1931, filed in the county court of said county a petition to contest the election. An answer was filed by appellant, and after a hearing judgment was entered in…