Collins v. Casebolt

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.

At a school election held July 9, 1938, John B. Collins and Harve Casebolt were candidates for the office of sub-district trustee in sub-district No. 3 in Pike county, and each received 47 votes on the face of the returns as certified by the Pike County Board of Education. Case-bolt brought this contest proceeding alleging that he had received a majority of the legal votes cast, and charging that a number of votes counted for Collins had been cast by persons who were nonresidents of the district and that such votes were illegal. Collins filed an…