Zimmerman v. Cowan

On the 9th day of November, 1882, Augustus W. Cowan was declared elected county treasurer of Livingston county. Zimmerman, the defeated candidate, filed a petition in the county court of Livingston county, on the 9hh day of December following, to contest the election, under section 113, chapter 46, Eev. Stat, 1874, page 464, which declares: “The person desiring to contest such election shall, within thirty days after the person whose election is contested is declared elected, file with the clerk of the proper court a statement in writing, setting forth the points on which he will contest the…