Murray v. Floyd

Peterson, Justice.

This is an election contest to determine whether contestant, Murray, or contestee, Floyd, wras elected county commissioner of the sixth district in St. Louis county at the general election held on November 3, 1942. Contestant, contestee, and others were candidates for nomination in the primary. Contestee and one Indihar were nominated. Although contestant was defeated in the primary, he became a so-called “sticker” candidate at the election. A volunteer committee, organized to espouse his candidacy, caused different kinds of stickers to be printed and placed in the hands of…