State ex rel. Waggoner v. Russell

At the general election in 1891 the relator and one Cassell were opposing candidates for the office of supervisor of Mullally township, Harlan county, and upon a count thereof each was credited with thirty-two votes. There was cast, in addition thereto, one vote for the relator, otherwise regular, but the mark opposite his name was made with a lead pencil instead of ink. The respondents, who were the judges and clerks of election, rejected said ballot, and relator now seeks a peremptory order from this court requiring them to meet and count said vote in his favor and declare the result. The…