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Free v. Wood

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided June 10, 1933No. 31,311PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

This was an election contest. The contest court decided against the contester. This decision was upheld by the four district judges of Sedgwick county, sitting en banc. The contester appeals.

John Free and John Wood ran against each other for county attorney. There were about 57,000 votes cast. Wood was declared to have received 17 votes majority.

*940• A statement of intention to contest the election of Wood was filed by Free. This notice charged errors, irregularities and mistakes on the part of the canvassing board; that in the ninth precinct of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Gray v. HuntleySupreme Court of Colorado · 1925
  2. Quigley v. PhelpsWashington Supreme Court · 1913
  3. Conaty v. GardnerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1902
  4. Moorhead v. ArnoldSupreme Court of Kansas · 1906
  5. State Ex Rel. Millinor v. SmithSupreme Court of Florida · 1932

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Campbell v. RamseySupreme Court of Kansas · 1939
  2. Johnson v. RussellSupreme Court of Kansas · 1946
  3. Stawitz v. NelsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1961
  4. Wood v. BrownSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1962
  5. Contest of Woodruff v. BellSupreme Court of Kansas · 1936

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