McFarland v. Spengler

This is an election contest. In 1924 J. B. McFarland, the contestant and respondent, and Gus Spengler, the contestee and appellant, were rival candidates for the office of member of the board of supervisors of Kern County. At the primary election in August McFarland received the greater number of votes. By reason thereof he won and Spengler lost the right to have his name printed on the official ballot to be used at the general election in November (Stats. 1921, p. 1218). Spengler, however, continued to be a candidate for the same office at the general election. He organized and carried on…