McLeod, County Judge v. Richardson

McLeod, as county judge, has appealed from an order of the circuit court commanding him to hear and determine a contest between Roy Richardson and Lloyd Cochran, who at an election March 21,' 1942, were opposing candidates for school director. Richardson undertook to contest, thinking county court was the proper forum. That tribunal held it was without jurisdiction. The controversy reached circuit court on Richardson’s petition for mandamus to compel the county court to act.

Section 24, art. 19, constitution of 1874, authorizes the general assembly to provide by law the mode of contesting…